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Brokeback Mountain The Opera
AP Bretibart ^ | 1/27/2014

Posted on 01/27/2014 6:27:20 AM PST by A'elian' nation

Brokeback Mountain, The Opera,is having its premiere opening in Madrid, Spain. The author, Annie Proulx, said that the operatic version would "present an opportunity to explore the complexities of the tale in a way neither her own short story nor the movie by director Ang Lee were able to do." She also said that the opera would "open up the characters involved in the doomed love affair." Which, I imagine, will go a long way in helping the actors reach those high notes. Apologies aforehand for any coffee upchucked keyboards.

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TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment; Outdoors; Society
KEYWORDS: gay; music; opera; spain
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1 posted on 01/27/2014 6:27:20 AM PST by A'elian' nation
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2 posted on 01/27/2014 6:29:13 AM PST by dfwgator
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They will play in hell to harm the souls.


3 posted on 01/27/2014 6:29:24 AM PST by bmwcyle (People who do not study history are destine to believe really ignorant statements.)
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To: A'elian' nation
".....an opportunity to explore the complexities of the tale..."

should read:

".....an opportunity to explore the complexities of the tail..."

4 posted on 01/27/2014 6:34:45 AM PST by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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The author, Annie Proulx, said that the operatic version would "present an opportunity to explore the complexities of the tale in a way neither her own short story nor the movie by director Ang Lee were able to do."

These people are so packed full of sh*t, it's a pure wonder they don't up and slide away.
5 posted on 01/27/2014 6:35:51 AM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: dfwgator

Somehow I picture “What’s Opera Doc” where Viking Elmer Fudd is singing a duet with Bugs Bunny Brunhilde.


6 posted on 01/27/2014 6:41:06 AM PST by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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I don’t think I can top that reply.


7 posted on 01/27/2014 6:42:43 AM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: A'elian' nation

Wait a minute! Wait a minute! They’re going to have an opera without a soprano in a lead role? Women arise! Shun this perverted act against women.


8 posted on 01/27/2014 6:47:02 AM PST by kitkat (STORM THE HEAVENS WITH PRAYERS FOR OUR COUNTRY.)
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To: A'elian' nation

We’ve got a large and all-too-prominent segment in society who seem to have been “given over to a reprobate mind” (see Romans 1). As nauseating as they are, I pity them for they are as good as dead already.

“God’s Rejection, Reprobation”
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=5907151658


9 posted on 01/27/2014 6:47:46 AM PST by .45 Long Colt
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To: elcid1970

Not bad. I’m kind of picturing Bugs Bunny Brunhilde meets Jessica from Roger Rabbit.


10 posted on 01/27/2014 7:15:56 AM PST by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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I think we can rest assured that at the defining moment a note in the soprano range will be heard loud and clear.


11 posted on 01/27/2014 7:23:21 AM PST by dblshot (I am John Galt.)
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To: 109ACS

Gee, somehow I missed Brokeback when it was in theaters, and never saw it on DVD either. Can someone fill me in on what I missed?


12 posted on 01/27/2014 7:31:52 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: A'elian' nation
"open up the characters involved in the doomed love affair."

Nah. Too easy.

13 posted on 01/27/2014 7:32:07 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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“Nah. Too easy.”

Yeah, you’re right. Once I read that sentence from the author I had to Freep post it. Not to mention the operatic high notes. I, for one, wouldn’t wear glasses to the event.


14 posted on 01/27/2014 7:48:25 AM PST by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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To: A'elian' nation

you people are missing the golden nugget in this story. Next up, we will most likely have the South Park version of this opera.


15 posted on 01/27/2014 7:52:20 AM PST by Chuzzlewit
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To: kitkat

So who does Lindsey Graham play?


16 posted on 01/27/2014 7:55:42 AM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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17 posted on 01/27/2014 7:56:02 AM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Gee thanks Joe. You got one of Gomer Pyle too ?


18 posted on 01/27/2014 8:04:34 AM PST by A'elian' nation ("Political Correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred." Jacques Barzun)
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The best criticism of the movie Brokeback Mountain is finding huge numbers of the DVD quietly remaindered in discount stores. Even at $3, they sit there, gathering dust, besides such fare as An Inconvenient Truth, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, and (Shirley) Chisholm ‘72: Unbought & Unbossed.

The final insult is when such movies are bundled together in plastic wrap with two other such stinkers, then sold for $1.


19 posted on 01/27/2014 8:07:28 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (WoT News: Rantburg.com)
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To: Chuzzlewit
we will most likely have the South Park version of this opera

Yeah ... with a title like, "B.M. at the Opera"

20 posted on 01/27/2014 8:11:05 AM PST by glennaro
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