BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN isn’t the first gay western. No sireee Bob. My brother Tod has the skinny on the others.
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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN isn’t the first gay western. No sireee Bob. My brother Tod has the skinny on the others.
And he didn’t even MENTION the porn!
I’m sorry… but The Outlaw Josey Wales? No gay, no way. And didn’t Clint spend more time with the Indian Chief Dan George than the kid. Try as I may, I can’t see any man-love hanky panky going on under the blanket there.
Also…I think your bro missed easily the gayest western/ character ever: BLAZING SADDLES with the town mayor Hedley Lamarr played by the effervescent Harvey Korman…
Hedley Lamarr: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Taggart: God darnit Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
I guess Tod was being tongue in cheek, but I would have also added ‘Rio Bravo’ to that list. Always had my doubts about Walter Brennan’s portrayal of Stumpy….
And had it been a true list, I think ‘Little Big Man’ would have to be added in as well.
Tod’s wrong. Look closely at most westerns. Cowboys are in love with their horse.
Tod forgot Shane, with the great man-boy love story.
Shane too?… my innocence has been robbed for good.
_Having bought a DVD multi-pack of 16 old cowboy films last year, via Walmart, 1932’s Man from Hell’s Edges with Bob Steele was a definite (comedy purposes) surprise.
_Quite a few of those old flicks seem to always have a sidekick character “afraid of marrying”.