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[quote=SETH,296131]Hi Leonardo - I have read the reviews and agree that the movie attacked the controversial subject with subtlety and good taste. The actors are all first class and Ang Lee is a world-class director, no question about it.

But certain movie reviewers in the US press talked about something called the "ick factor". The "ick factor" addresses certain topics, visual or otherwise, that make you want to go ICKKKKK! Seeing animals butchered or sausage being made elicit an "ick factor" from some people, myself included.

I'm not homophobic, but the subject matter just doesn't interest me. So when I read about an opera coming out, it made me laugh a bit, thinking that it was just another way to exploit the controversial subject to make more money. I can't picture an opera about Brokeback Mountain being in the same class as Aida or Tosca or Madam Butterfly.

But then again, who am I to criticize?

Oh, about the "sheep are scared" line in my posting -- there have been jokes about men taking liberties with sheep (another "ick factor"), and in a different thread (about US state mottos), the same line appears: "Wyoming-where men are men and the sheep are scared". It was just meant as a joke.[/quote]

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