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On 'Brokeback Mountain'

We finally saw "Brokeback Mountain" Saturday night in a packed auditorium at the only place the so-called "gay cowboy movie" is playing in town, the Carousel.

Directed by Ang Lee and scripted by Larry McMurtry of "Lonesome Dove" and "Last Picture Show" fame, "Brokeback Mountain" is a well-crafted character study about friemdship, pain and frustration -- and the emotional and physical casualties left in their wake.

It is leisurely in its pace, making no rush to apprecciate the beauty or rolling mountains and the double-edged romanee and boredom of a modern cowboy's life.

My significant other says she was most angered by the exploitation of women in the movie. She's right. They were often treated callously and thoughtlessly by the smitten cowboys, who made spread their snese of hopelessness to spouses and family.

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