Did Brokeback Mountain Really Break Cultural Barriers?
Has gay cinema entered the mainstream?
By David Sterritt
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/did_brokeback_mountain_really_break_cultural_barriers_2886/
Even before it opened, Brokeback Mountain picked up a label it may never shake: The gay cowboy movie. To most, this spelled box-office disaster. So much for conventional wisdom.