How About Gay Cowboy … Wizards?
“The controversial cowboy movie (Brokeback Mountain), which is rated R in part for its sexuality, also is hitting theaters at a time when filmmakers and studio executives are worried they are losing touch with audiences, as reflected by a yearlong box-office slump.” - Los Angeles Times, Can ‘Brokeback Mountain’ move the Heartland?
“‘Heterosexuals Attracted to Members of the Opposite Sex‘–for those cultural critics wondering what a commerical disappointment for this much-heralded movie will Tell Us About America Today, there’s your headline.” - Mickey Kaus
Can someone send us the marketing research that says that what the country is waiting for is a gay cowboy tragedy? Without Nathan Lane?
Memo to Universal: All is not lost. Don’t narrow the audience — broaden it! From The Sound of Music to Chicago, there’s nothing mainstream America likes more than … a musical!
We also suggest adding some comic elements. And a wacky sidekick.
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December 16th, 2005 at 12:50 am
Oh, so very true. Maybe it’s sad, maybe it isn’t, but it’s so very true.