A lesson for screen writers.

Rating: 3/10 (20 November 2010)

The hype for this is based on the fear. Let this be a lesson to would be script writers, it will be key for selling even your most mediocre efforts. If you are sitting on a long drama guaranteed to put Juan Valdez to sleep, rewrite it so your characters are struggling minorities put in a situation where critics & viewers will fear PC repercussions if they don't pretend to like it. At it's best "Brokeback Mountain" is watchable for the scenery, but beyond that the viewer is stuck with hours of monotony. But monotony that critics & friends will be too frightened to admit put them to sleep faster than "The English Patient."
This is a lesson every young writer should learn, you do not have to be thought provoking, relevant, or even entertaining, so long as you write about a topic people will be unwilling to openly ridicule.