Brokeback Mountain Gets Gay

Redundant title right? Well when I originally submitted this to the copy editors they informed me that the whole premise behind Brokeback Mountain was a big gay cowboy secret love tryst, taking place high up in the mountains. Who knew such a highly touted movie could garner such high praise with a controvertial plot like like that (and not win the Academy award for best picture). I guess everyone had their fill of socially conscious films after Crash made it's big splash and the league of nations convened on stage to accept the award.

So I had this whole spiel about making a good movie gay, but since that was yanked out from under me faster than a magician can pull a tablecloth out from a table (or a cowboy can pull a...nevermind...), I can really only point out that in spite of possibly making the gayest movie ever, the entertainment industry has managed to make Brokeback Mountain even gayer. Is opera gay? I guess it's just taking musical theater, changing the way it's sung so that (1) no one can understand what is being said and (2) no one has a good time...gay or straight. Yes, there will be a Brokeback Mountain opera opening in 2013, so for the time being you'll have to watch this 3 minute clip approximately 657,000 times to get your fill...