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.”
I didn’t realize we lived under sharia in the 50s.
Different religion, same effect for some people.
Carson Fire,
Get out much? Some small towns still do live under enough “blue laws” to make even a fire-breathing imam blush.