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Sat 7 Jan, 2006 11:13 pm
Cowboys Are My Weakness
By LARRY DAVID
Published: January 1, 2006
SOMEBODY had to write this, and it might as well be me. I haven't seen "Brokeback Mountain," nor do I have any intention of seeing it. In fact, cowboys would have to lasso me, drag me into the theater and tie me to the seat, and even then I would make every effort to close my eyes and cover my ears.
And I love gay people. Hey, I've got gay acquaintances. Good acquaintances, who know they can call me anytime if they had my phone number. I'm for gay marriage, gay divorce, gay this and gay that. I just don't want to watch two straight men, alone on the prairie, fall in love and kiss and hug and hold hands and whatnot. That's all.
Is that so terrible? Does that mean I'm homophobic? And if I am, well, then that's too bad. Because you can call me any name you want, but I'm still not going to that movie.
To my surprise, I have some straight friends who've not only seen the movie but liked it. "One of the best love stories ever," one gushed. Another went on, "Oh, my God, you completely forget that it's two men. You in particular will love it."
"Why me?"
"You just will, trust me."
But I don't trust him. If two cowboys, male icons who are 100 percent all-man, can succumb, what chance to do I have, half- to a quarter of a man, depending on whom I'm with at the time? I'm a very susceptible person, easily influenced, a natural-born follower with no sales-resistance. When I walk into a store, clerks wrestle one another trying to get to me first. My wife won't let me watch infomercials because of all the junk I've ordered that's now piled up in the garage. My medicine cabinet is filled with vitamins and bald cures.
So who's to say I won't become enamored with the whole gay business? Let's face it, there is some appeal there. I know I've always gotten along great with men. I never once paced in my room rehearsing what to say before asking a guy if he wanted to go to the movies. And I generally don't pay for men, which of course is their most appealing attribute.
And gay guys always seem like they're having a great time. At the Christmas party I went to, they were the only ones who sang. Boy that looked like fun. I would love to sing, but this weighty, self-conscious heterosexuality I'm saddled with won't permit it.
I just know if I saw that movie, the voice inside my head that delights in torturing me would have a field day. "You like those cowboys, don't you? They're kind of cute. Go ahead, admit it, they're cute. You can't fool me, gay man. Go ahead, stop fighting it. You're gay! You're gay!"
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
Larry David is so on target with this one, it kills me.
So funny!
You'd absolutely love the movie, kicky.
I'm not going!!! I can't. I WON'T!
If you can't trust mac, who can you trust.
Male homosexuals are, by definition, all man.
This **** gives me the shits.
And I don't care who purveys it and how cute they are.
How the **** do you know whether you would like the film or not unless you have seen it?
Grow up.
Grrrrrr.
You can come with me, Kicky. We'll see it together. Nobody could possibly doubt your sexuality with me on your arm.
If it makes you feel more secure, I'll even let you pay.
I will even let you send me a coupla crates of beers and some pornography! I will be happy to say "Kicky? He's as straight as the day is long!! Unfortunately, after dark, like all those faggot cowboys, he's as queer as a three-dollar note!"
dlowan wrote:Male homosexuals are, by definition, all man.
This **** gives me the shits.
And I don't care who purveys it and how cute they are.
How the **** do you know whether you would like the film or not unless you have seen it?
Grow up.
Grrrrrr.
Oh, come on. What exactly am I purveying? Or is it Larry David that you think is cute? If it is, then I'm sorry. Not for anything I said, just for the fact that you think Larry David is cute.
What I said goes if he's cute or not.
He writes, on this occasion, "cutely".
Okay, but what is he "purveying," in your opinion?
I will have to get back to this later. I have to go to bed. It's frickin' five in the morning!
ciao bunny!
Oy!!!
It's Larry David!!!!
I thunk he was someone else entirely. Somebody SERIOUS!
Why the hell dinna you tell me?
'Tis satire and comedy.
And...I DO think he's cute....he has a brain to die for.
He's purveying fun.
Sowwy.
Of course, I blame you, Kicky.
Really.
must side with the bunny. didn't strike me as too funny in any way. just forcedly cute. i don't like forcedly anything. and i don't know larry diamond - so i don't really know what's he like usually. don't matter here, does it.
I love Larry David. The reason he is funny is because he makes us look at the stupid things about us, like seeing a movie about gay guys with a guy might make you gay.
BTW, I absolutely ADORE Cowboys. Haven't seen the movie, but Cowboys in nice fittin' jeans... OMG!
heh, i actually do know larry diamond.... who is a political scientist writing on transitions to democracy.... that is a freudian slip, professional deformation. larry david is who i don't know... i like people who make us look at stupid things about us. perhaps just this one excerpt wasn't particularly funny. to me anyway.
Think of the whole thing being delivered by comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
That's Larry David.
seinfeld is among my favorites. then again, i really don't follow the scene.