Brokeback easily could be a Shakespearean Tragedy

Rating: 10/10 (6 January 2006)

I know there are only about 5 basic plots a film/play can assume. Lee proved himself to be among the greatest Directors in America, in deftly maneuvering around a very "red button issue;" "Homosexuality." The amazing thing is that Ang may have out done the great Bill Shakespeare, although if you actually study the playwright's life you will learn that many of his plays would have tackled the same subject, and did in surreptitious ways, since Victorian English society was not yet advanced or evolved enough to handle this.
Emotions run wild in "Brokeback" whether one is straight, gay/lesbian, or bisexual. This for all intents and purposes should be a film that unites all of mankind. Sadly with multitudes still on the extreme sociological right-wing, those hoping to bring all of society (not Americans but the world) into one united family will still have some distance to strive.
If just 5 to 10% of them realize that a pall of homophobia encases their life, we will be on our way to unity among all persons.