Saturday, March 11, 2006DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN![]() Rarely has an Oscar choice stirred up such fury as the losing of Brokeback Mountain last week. First there was the much e-mailed LA Times Kenneth Turan's Breaking No Ground which argued that by choosing Crash, the Academy (read, Hollywood) retreated to safe ground. Then Roger Ebert,hands fully on hips, in The fury of the 'Crash'-lash criticized the criticizers for not playing fair. Ultimately people who begrudged Crash its trophy were suffering from a odd form of prejudice, believing homophobia was a more important issue than racism. After the storm comes the calm. A new site, Thank You Brokeback Mountain offers a safe cyber space for lovers of Brokeback to regroup, mourn and remember. A recent email thanks those who rushed to support a Variety ad in memory of the film: In an unprecedented show of support for Brokeback Mountain, a website discussion board has spearheaded a campaign to collect donations from around the world to place ads in trade and national publications in support of the movie. In the first 48 hours, the group raised nearly $16,000 from over 400 contributors, and a team of volunteers designed a full page colorad to run in the March 10 Daily Variety. Comments (6) |
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