A Broken Taboo

Several weeks ago the news to the highest degree tragic death of a cognize talented Hollywood actor of Australian origin Heath Ledger move the world up. The 28-year-old actor is widely known for many an(prenominal) roles, including his work in a controversial pic Brokeback Mountain, directed by a Far Eastern movie maker Ang Lee.This movie became a milestone action learn in the whole archives of Hollywood, which sparked a lot of criticism and cosmos debates. For the counterbalance time in photographic film artistry phallic queer relationships were shown with a wide wienerwurstness and openness, and there are certain concerns that breaking this taboo bath have some far-reaching negative honourable consequences in the nearest future.The plot of the movie is based on complex and atypical love affair between ii young cowboys, who were hired by a Wyoming ranch owner as herds, so they had to spend several months in closing off on the Mountain of Brokeback. Within thi s time a special bond was veritable between the two men, which eventually evolved into a deep emotional and physical relationship.After secretive their job, the cowboys separated and started living their lives, had families, but the erratic feelings they shared on the Brokeback Mountain were left hand as scars on their hearts to be carried on to the rest of their lives.Certainly, it was not the first motion picture featuring manlike quirkiness. such movie stars as Antonio Banderas, Jason Alexander or Tom Hanks have portrayed homosexual characters before. But it is hardly possible to discord that Brokeback Mountain demonstrated more than frank and intimate sides of jolly relationships which have been neer shown on cinema screens to general familiar before. In my opinion, the movie with its several scenes involving genial embraces, a kiss, and so on, had too close focus on physical aspects of frolicsome relationships, which were always skipped in neo media, especially in cinema art.That is why creation reaction on Brokeback Mountain was suddenly contradictive. While many liberal critics and art specialists in America and Europe were smiling with the depth of the plot, good acting, music and high-quality production, many social activists from Christian fundamentalist or Family-oriented social groups expressed their concern about possible negative effects (especially on teenagers and youth) of publicizing male homosexual relations.Moreover, since homosexuality is a terrible irremissible crime in Islam, in more conservative and ghostly countries of the Middle and Far East, including the directors homeland Taiwan, the film was banned or censored.Undoubtedly, Brokeback Mountain was not a cheap B movie. Many were fascinated with convictive acting of young Hollywood performers, and numerous awards receive by the cast are the exceed recognition of this work. Besides, the movie teaches being unbigoted and respectful to the feelings of other peop le.Nevertheless, with its too squarely covering of homosexual relationships, this motion picture can become the first pace on the way to more betray and freer employment of gay themes in sophisticated cinema, as well as to more open popularization of the idea of male homosexual love. Certainly, it will affect our honorable principles and aesthetic sensibility to a great extent.Brokeback Mountain is a multifaceted, unusual and kinda difficult movie which evokes strong emotions and makes the viewing audience empathize. But the question remaining later viewing this screen version of a tragic story about gay cowboys is whether our society is really ready to venerate watching such relationship or not?Will the majority of us find beauty in male homosexual intimacy? In my opinion, the retort is not clear enough, because certain virtuous stereotypes and traditional values are in time very strong in our modern society, even in such broad-minded country as the U.S.Works CitedHarr is, Paul. Hollywood to bypass Last Taboo with Gay Cowboys. The protector. Guardian Unlimited. 18 Jan. 2004. 11 Feb. 2008 <http//www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1125664,00.html>.