The other day ABC News Radio reported that a priest in the Riverina District had urged people not to see the movie "Brokeback Mountain" because it "glamourised" homosexual relationships.
Anyone who has seen the movie will know that the two principal characters could hardly be described as coming out of the story-line with a happy ending.
Oh yes, the priest had not seen the movie before his rather amazing call. He thought that given the controversy he had perhaps go and see the movie....
The priest's call has shades of MHR Michael Danby [Labour, Melbourne Ports] when he last year damned a book being written by Antony Loewenstein and at least 8 months before its publication urged publisher MUP not to publish the book, the AJN not to review it and the public not to buy it. Not to forget that Danby also urged people not to see the play "Stuff Happens" because, although he had not seen the play, he had read a review of it! Check out Crikey' report on the subject here.
Anyone who has seen the movie will know that the two principal characters could hardly be described as coming out of the story-line with a happy ending.
Oh yes, the priest had not seen the movie before his rather amazing call. He thought that given the controversy he had perhaps go and see the movie....
The priest's call has shades of MHR Michael Danby [Labour, Melbourne Ports] when he last year damned a book being written by Antony Loewenstein and at least 8 months before its publication urged publisher MUP not to publish the book, the AJN not to review it and the public not to buy it. Not to forget that Danby also urged people not to see the play "Stuff Happens" because, although he had not seen the play, he had read a review of it! Check out Crikey' report on the subject here.
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