tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16845380.post4110606704744417052..comments2023-08-03T01:49:07.334-07:00Comments on arod in san francisco: Brokeback MountainArod in San Franciscohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16004509108843168708noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16845380.post-35104887219074037622008-02-08T12:46:00.000-08:002008-02-08T12:46:00.000-08:00I cannot agree that Nathan Lane's takeoff on Broke...I cannot agree that Nathan Lane's takeoff on Brokeback Mountain was evidence of his self-loathing or troubled mind. First of all, the man is asked to go on Letterman to make people laugh not to pour out his heart about his own life as a gay man. He has talked to Ellen Degeneres and others at length about the trials of coming out etc., but that is not what he was trying to accomplish on Letterman. Secondly, Lane did talk about seeing the film and his feelings about it, but ended the comment by saying that he felt the men should have just 'gotten a room' and left the poor women alone instead of misleading them into thinking they were straight. I do not see this as self-loathing but rather as a comment from someone who accepts that gay men can and should be comfortable in their skin AND further that he longs for roles for gay men that reveal them as something other than sad, suicidal people who cannot live in this world in their own skin. Those straight people that I know who went to see this movie went to see two hot straight guys get it on and to see what all the commotion was about. Until a mainstream movie can be presented with an honest depiction of two gay men who are comfortable with their own sexuality, we cannot say we are presenting a modern picture to the world at large. Why would we want people to walk away feeling sorry for people because they must live underground in order to be themselves when we are trying to get society to understand that gays and lesbians are just like everyone else and have a solid place in society in every city and town across the U.S.?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com