Be aware of the propaganda in Brokeback Mountain
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By Dr. R. Winfield
1-31-06
The most effective propaganda comes in under the radar; it’s innocuous and appeals to our humanity and emotions. Having studied propaganda and its effects on societies for over 50 years, I can state unequivocally that the film Brokeback Mountain is one of the most blatant propaganda pieces of recent times.
In a society that is purposely and effectively dumbed down, the rarest and most valuable of commodities is discernment. Increasingly crucial, discernment is an attribute of astute acumen, and vital as your enemy uses crafty subtlety. [b]As a people, we have lost discernment.
Logic, rational and intellectual discourse, are shunned from the public square. Feelings, emotional sentiment, and compassion are no longer tempered with intelligent reason. Now truth is sacrificed on the altar of tolerance.[/b]
To even talk rationally about a film like this will endanger one of causing immediate knee-jerk reactions with slogans; “homophobe”, “bigot”, “narrow minded”, etc. And God forbid you dare to insinuate that there is an agenda behind such obvious propaganda, or you will surely hear the two words designed to end all discussion or consideration of facts; conspiracy theory.
Agendas and purposes behind what we are seeing, shall be dealt with, but first, the film.
Yes, I saw Brokeback Mountain, and no I didn’t spend any money to support it. An actress friend lent me her “academy consideration” DVD (a crime that in many cases now carries a stiffer penalty than murder).
First and foremost, I’ve yet to hear anyone mention how boring this film is. It’s tediously long and in most parts just plain dull. But let’s look at some of the propaganda aspects, shall we?
Indeed nature is beautiful, and its grandeur is depicted with majesty and uplifting music. Great sweeping vistas instill a sense of awe and splendor. It is of course in this setting that the homosexual romance blossoms. But even more significant - this is where the men discuss the deeper things of life, theology, meaning, etc.
Contrast this with the scenes of marriage. Every time marriage is depicted in the film, it is shot in a tiny dark squalid hovel, with screaming children and absolute pandemonium.
The house is a mess, the wife never communicates on any kind of meaningful level. Wives in fact, are portrayed as a constant annoyance, and more irritating than understanding. But children receive the worst treatment in this slanted rant against family. They are usually crying, often two at a time, or smashing things. The general feeling the film presents, is that these joyless hellions are an intrusion into life, an encumbrance and a terrible burden.
[b]Making sure it drums in its message in no uncertain terms, the film keeps switching back and forth between the two contrasts. The great outdoors, wild and free, close to nature, close to God, close to hot gay sex without any negative consequences.
Back inside the dark little messy box of marriage, with horrible in-laws, demon spawn children, berating nagging wives, endless pressures and even the loveless, passionless sex has hanging over it the dread of producing more parasitic offspring.[/b]
Special note must be taken of music and lighting, how they are carefully manipulated to accentuate these contrasts in the manner outlined here, bringing a much deeper impact of the propaganda message. Marvelous tools, music and light illicit strong emotional responses which can penetrate the subject to effect his or her core values.
The use of props in the juxtaposition of images adds power to the medium. [b]There is a scene where the Heath Ledger character is saddled with his wife and children, struggling among the crowds to watch the fireworks. The opening shot depicts husband and wife, each with a child in one arm, and great square bags full of baby necessities in the other hand.
The construction of this frame is identical to the earlier shots of the pack mules heavily laden with similar square heavy supplies. Marriage has turned him into a beast of burden, a theme reinforced throughout.[/b]
Another common theme these days, is of course portrayed in the film - that of religious intolerance. Remember, the wilderness loving gay fellas are close to God, out in the high places, whereas the church folk are depicted as spouting “hellfire and brimstone”.
The film also shows two horrific murders, and the connection is not lost - it is precisely this type of religious thought that contributes to this sort of bloody violence. The implication is, and this is the very strength of propaganda, if you are in anyway opposed to two men “loving each other”, then you must be for brutally murdering them. Do you see the way these things are subtly implied? Just like, if you are not for abortion, then ipso-facto you must be for the murdering of doctors who perform them. This is one the objects of propaganda.
The reduction of a critical argument down into well-drummed slogans, therefore removal of discourse, then total polarization of advocates and detractors into radical extremes. Of course this fits perfectly with the method of those purveying propaganda, as they have chosen Hegelian dialecticalism to divide and conquer you and I.
Earlier I mentioned that the homosexual sex was portrayed as without negative consequences. Some may take objection to this. You might say, what about the violent deaths, how can you say without consequences? [b]Think about the film again.
The violence is presented not as a result of the sex, but rather the result of a backwards people, mindless ignorant hicks, who’s judgmental religious intolerance killed those beautiful martyrs.[/b] See how they work it?
The film preaches quite a lot about sex. Man’s “need for it” is apparently only surpassed by his need to breathe oxygen. The lies they told about fishing demonstrate that gay sex was even more important than food. Of course the Jake Gyllenhaal character, when deprived of this vital necessity, has no other choice than to leave his wife and child and search out Mexican male prostitutes.
When even this leaves him unable to find enough “manlove”, he’s forced to lower his standard and carry on an adulterous relationship with some woman he has no feelings for - all perfectly justifiable because the evil society is hindering the two gays total access.
So what about the “love”, is this really a film about love? Having spoken to a lot of women about this film, I can tell you, they think it is. Oh, it’s a true love story. A married woman told me, Because it’s about two men it’s much more interesting, a man and a woman would be banal.
What’s going on? When a woman tells me it’s about true love, I ask her how she knows that. They don’t have much to say beyond what the film presents. When informed of the statistics that the majority of male homosexuals are the single most promiscuous segment of the world’s population, having more anonymous sexual partners per year than any other group, these women shut down. Oh I’m not interested in the real gay sex, I just like the love story, one told me.
Oh, so you’re Truthophobic, I said. You see, the facts, statistics, recorded data on a subject are not important, in fact they are rather a stark reminder of something we’d prefer to ignore. Truth is something we want to completely tune out with our escapism, hence fantasy is more to be desired than the mundane existence of reality.
The promotion of gay men to women has seen a real upswing in the past 10 years or so. Every sitcom has a funny gay character, and of course he’s the funniest, least inhibited and most able to communicate with women. Queer Eye For The Straight Guy tells women that gay men are superior to the knuckle-dragging neanderthal you have at home.
When the Queer Eye fab five went on Oprah, normal housewives screamed and swooned like schoolgirls cheering rockstars. But the agenda goes deeper - the plan is to get women interested in gay porn as an addictive and isolating tool of division. Sex In The City shows women sitting together giggling while watching gay porn.
MY COMMENTS BELOW
The author goes on to cite how in Japan, a multi-million dollar subculture trend (called yaoi) is targeting teenage girls to lure them into gay pornography through cartoon comics involving valiant, handsome men.
The trend baits young girls into experimenting with their own sexuality at a young, confused stage through bisexuality and lesbianism. The author predicts that this trend will continue even into the Americas as men and women quiet down for the sake of wishing to remain “politically correct” and fearing retribution from the [b]all-tolerating yet hypocritically intolerant[/b] sectors of our society.
Whether that happens or not, I now believe Brokeback Mountain is in fact priming the American public towards a hidden agenda. I never planned on watching the film in the first place, but for those who do, take heed of the author’s message and the reaction of the undiscerning, unsuspecting, sentiment-driven American public.
I sincerely respect the vows of marriage, true love, God and His everlasting commandments, as well as my right as an American citizen to participate in an intellectual discourse regarding controversial themes. This Dr. Winfield fellow is one badass dude in my opinion. I also liked the phrase he coined - “truthophobic”. Too many people are truthophobic these days. We need great minds to keep speaking their minds.
Peace be with all!