Supporters of Larry Miller are calling for support of the local business owner while human rights activists call for a boycott Larry Miller for pulling the film Brokeback Mountain from his Megaplex Theater complex.
There is a section in this article that has links to all the media coverage in the Salt Lake Tribune about the issue. One of the links was to an opinion piece entitled “Why ‘Brokeback Mountain’ is so frightening”. The title frightened me, so I didn’t read it for fear of becoming ill over that opinion. (Is that a “phobia”? See my post on phobias and superstitions above!).
Meanwhile, Robert Redford has weighed in on the issue.
Referring to Miller’s decision to pull the film, Redford states “I think, as a matter of fact, it might back up on him. It might make him appear to be narrow and afraid of something,” Redford said. “I don’t think it will really work. I don’t think it will hurt the film. I hope it doesn’t.”
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 