de-mystifying the west...?
Must have missed the sub-text of “Lonesome Dove”.
Doves mate for life, as probably everyone knows, so it was about the loss of the one we loved the most, our true mate, whoever that might have been. He covered many aspects of it, including the loss of the unattainable one. Could even be a parent or a child, but I don't think he covered that one. Just mates.
Brilliant, I thought.
Yeah, I can’t believe that the headliner writer thought McMurtry should be remembered for Brokeback instead of the LD books.
Excellent.
He wrote wonderfully about the true grit and courage of cowboys and the cowboy heritage.
Virtue and determination of those men and tough times, gawd, so accurately depicted in Lonesome Dove. My university has a Lonesome Dove western historical display, with all sorts of memorabilia from the movie, from weapons to the wood door where the body of Gus was carried. Many items donated by Robert Duval and McMurtry.
He did NOT demystify the West.
He’ll always be remembered for the snake scene in Lonesome Dove . . . shudders!
The Dove was a bar of soap waiting for some unfortunate soul to bend down to pick it up.
Gus and Call were secret homos and Claire was Gus’ beard?