Honestly - I am ashamed to be a MAN!!!!!

The other week my wife dragged me to the movies. Well not so much dragged as gently nugged. Ok, I had invited her numerous times before and she finally said "Lets Go".

So what movie does she have to choose? Nope, NOT "A History of Violence", not a chance for "Jarhead", in my dreams would we watch "King Kong". No, M. wants to watch "Brokeback Mountain"!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now mind you, I wanted to see this movie anyway. I work with the film industry and had in a way a hand in making that movie (among many others). And I make it a habit to watch any movie I am (in my own way) involved in!

Brokeback Mountain - the "gay" movie. The movie everyone talks about. Guess what!

I LOVED IT!

what a great movie! VERY intriguing story, well written, acted, directed, edited, very well EVERYTHING! I was amazed - I haven't seen a good flick like that in ages!!!

The next day as I am driving to work I (as always) am listening to one of our local sports radio shows and there is these two "macho" man discussing Brokeback Mountain. Or should I say they are discussing the fact that they wouldn't go see that movie if their wife's threatened divorce. How can you, as a good MAN, go and see a movie about two men "doing it".

Here are two grown men, supposedly intelligent - who condemn athletes for doing illegal drugs, for cheating on their spouses, for beating their wives/girlfriends, for having kids with some floozy they nailed in the bathroom of some obscure club and G-D knows what else - who talk more childish then a 2-year-old!

And even better - scores of guys called into the show and vehemently denied seeing it or stating matter of fact that such a movie ought to be burned.

WAKEY WAKEY morons....Its the 21st Century!!!

How come men are so damn fast at the button when it comes to watching porn?? No man has EVER complaint about watching Jenna Jamison or Silvia Saint being nailed by 6 studs at the same time! No dude has ever turned off the VCR/DVD when Tracy Lords licks the Bajesus out of Kitty Yung. And G-D forbid you powered down the TV when Tiffany Minx gets two huge ones up her ass at the same time!! Wouldn't DARE!!!!

So how come we cant appreciate a WONDERFUL love story?? Because its two men? Because in our tiny little minds, the love of two men is utterly atrocious while the love between two women is a total turn-on????

Give me a F***ing break!!!

I say this in the open - and I AM a man!

I LOVED the film, the idea of the film, everything about the film! I don't have a problem with two men making love - because its TRUE LOVE! It isn't dirty, it isn't wrong! IT IS RIGHT!

When I heard what those two sports casters and the dozens of call-ins had to say, all I could think was:

I am ashamed to be a man!!


Cheers