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February 22, 2006
Shirt off my Brokeback: where's the homophobe backlash?
USATODAY's Scott Bowles works the Brokeback Mountain angle that the homophobes are home alone. "Organized protests over Brokeback Mountain have been conspicuously absent, despite the film's focus on a romance between gay cowboys... "It's been pretty stunning to see how quickly we were able to expand it in theaters across the country," says Jack Foley, distribution chief for Focus Features. "Even in conservative states where we'd thought there would be resistance, people have been welcoming." ... "We didn't have any protests," says Melanie Bell of 5,600-screen AMC Theatres. "We picked up Brokeback Mountain in as many theaters as we could after the Oscar nominations came out." Bowles finds one "conservative policy group" who avers that it's gotten too much attention: "Why should we add to it?" O'er at the Reporter, Martin Grove handicaps the race at extensive length. On its website, however, USATODAY's link to awards coverage has its own fuel to the fire, featuring a still from Crash.
Posted by pride at February 22, 2006 01:43 PM
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