The Furious Spinner

Someone really should have advised Annie Proulx to tear this up and throw it away after she wrote it. Good to vent but don't then get it published. She's upset Brokeback Mountain didn't win for best picture at the Oscars. Yes, with all that's going on in the world, she is upset over that. (And yes, with all that's going on, I'm writing about this.) She claims that it lost because it was about two gay men in love. In other words, they're all homophobic if they didn't vote for it. Huh? Well, first, the two characters in question denied they were gay all the way through the movie. Second, I didn't see a whole lotta lovin' going on in the movie—I actually wanted more lovin'. Third, I would think gay bashers would like this movie because one of the main characters is murdered; the other is destitute and depressed, destined to live out an awful, miserable, no-good very rotten life. Did Annie Proulx ever consider that maybe people thought Crash was a better movie? (She calls the movie Trash, by the way.) I thought the characters were more real and more fully drawn in Crash than in Brokeback Mountain. I certainly thought the story of Crash was more interesting and thought provoking. She may call Crash Trash, but I say she ain't got no class.

P.S. I do agree with Proulx that the Independent Spirit Awards are more fun and seem to focus more on actual talent. I also agree that it is more impressive when an actor creates a character (like Felicity Huffman in Transamerica) than when s/he plays a real-life person—at least it is to me. 0 comments

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