One of us is just being "oppositional". I think its you.
I liked Lonsesome Dove very much. Both of 'em. I may have even read
the book...or at least had my hands on the book at some time. But,
Open Range was a summer shower on a hot dry August afternoon. Lonesome
Dove was the taunting reminder that what little chance I had to be a
cowboy was gone. But a cowgirl preservationeer bathing in a water
tower told me that neither cowboys, nor cowgirls can be contained
within a single stereotype or symbol. With that kind of encouragement,
I tipped my hat, mumbled my appreciation and resumed my journey up the
trail.
Keep an eye out for bushwackers.
-jc
On Feb 28, 2004, at 7:45 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> "LONESOME DOVE" WAS BETTER!
>
> Quoting John Callan <[log in to unmask]>:
>
>> The thought of watching ten uninterrupted minutes of anyone being
>> beaten is enough to keep me away. I get the point already! And I'm
>> the guy who thinks Open Range was the best flick in a long long time!
>>
>> "Some fellas are going to get killed here today, Sue. ...And I'm
>> gonna
>> kill 'em." Now that's dialog!
>>
>> -jc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 27, 2004, at 5:16 PM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>>> In a message dated 2/27/2004 3:00:01 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>>> Guess ralph is at Passion of the Christ
>>> No, I was being deposed, or depositioned. And I still walk pretty
>>> normally.
>>>
>>> Ralph
>>>
>>> PS- Although I know the gist of the story, I'm not real eager to see
>>> what happened to that other guy who was born on December 25, at least
>>> not in the details Mel provides.
>>>
>>> As it happens, we have a young religious (Christian!) guy in our
>>> office who saw it the first day, and to my surprise, he said he
>>> didn't
>>> find it very gripping (I can't remember his exact word, but that's
>>> what it amounted to).
>>
>
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