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The Unbearable Boredom of Brokeback Mountain

by Mark Simpson
March 4, 2011November 24, 2022

Why the ‘gay cowboy movie’ is more metro than homo (Originally appeared in Black Book magazine, 2005) Is there a support group for people who didn’t like Brokeback Mountain? We must, if the rave reviews and newspaper reports are to be believed, be a very tiny – not to mention… Read More »The Unbearable Boredom of Brokeback Mountain

Metro Cowboy to Play Metro Athlete

by Mark Simpson
November 28, 2007December 23, 2020

Hollywood has apparently taken note of the global publicity surrounding uber-metrosexual English footballer David Beckham’s arrival in Tinseltown and decided to dust off America’s own, discarded metrosexual sportsman prototype, 1960s flamboyant, fur-coat wearing NFL quarterback Joe Namath and give it the big-screen treatment. Jake Gyllenhaal is to play Namath –… Read More »Metro Cowboy to Play Metro Athlete