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15 November 2005

Certainly the "blogger" in question is not Matt Drudge?

There's an interesting article in Newsweek about the upcoming film, "Brokeback Mountain," to be released in December. The film is described as a heartbreaking love story between two gay cowboys -- which seems, at first blush, like it might be a campy film, something easily ridiculed by those who would ridicule such things. However, people are using words like "devastating" and "haunting" and "Oscar" to describe the movie, and it is resonating with audiences as an honest portrayal of a non-stereotypical, intense love between two men.

Still,
Matt Drudge will only call it "the gay cowboy movie." The end of the Newsweek article, however, includes an admission from an Internet-er whose initial perceptions of "Brokeback Mountain" were changed by the reality of watching the film:

At the Toronto Film Festival, [director Ang] Lee and the cast faced off against a room of reporters who had just seen the film. One blogger raised his hand and stood up. He didn't have a question, he said. He wanted to apologize. "For the last year on my Web site I've been calling this 'the gay-cowboy movie'," he said. "I just want you to know that I'm not going to be calling it that anymore."
In the unlikely event this was indeed Drudge, way to grow, man, way to grow.

Update: Just when I was hoping for a little less Drudge self-loathing, it appears that he is still referring to "Brokeback Mountain" as the gay cowboy movie:

(From today's Drudge Report.)

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