Quote Originally Posted by DonMike View Post
I guess you guys are right. It just boggles my mind that nobody will try something to see if it will work. I wonder if Brokeback would have been anywhere near as successful if they had gotten two gay actors to play the main characters.
Nope. It woulda come and gone in three seconds flat. They took some flack for casting straight actors in the roles, but the truth is... who in Middle America would have paid to see Mitchell Anderson and Wilson Cruz playing those roles?

Quote Originally Posted by Paco
As far as I am concerned, Ken just smoked that issues right on the nose: "they" (film makers) mainly worry about profit and making a name for themselves, and rarely concern themselves with making things better, aside from their wallet and bankbook/account.
Um, I think the same can be said for a lot of pornographers on this very site.

Quote Originally Posted by paco
how dare you forgot Torch Song Trilogy!
Forget what about it? Nobody in that movie was openly gay playing straight.