Brokeback desert
Brian Whitaker, Middle East editor of The Guardian, says at CommFree that Brokeback Mountain tells a story that’s most relevant to the Arab world — if only it could be told there: “Western audiences who see the film can view it as a portrayal of gay life in the bad old days of the 50s and 60s. For Arabs, on the other hand, it’s a portrayal of the reality now.”
March 21st, 2006 at 6:38 pm
I didn’t realize we lived under sharia in the 50s.
March 21st, 2006 at 9:31 pm
Different religion, same effect for some people.
March 22nd, 2006 at 1:23 pm
Carson Fire,
Get out much? Some small towns still do live under enough “blue laws” to make even a fire-breathing imam blush.