Review: My Kind of Cowboys
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2012
I'm not really all that into cowboys--or boys who like cowboys.  But thankfully, the cowboys in question aren't your fake Hollywood version, or the redneck type.Jesse is the cherished grandson, a brilliant artist, heading home to Marathon, TX, to the peace of his grandfather's house where he can concentrate on painting a series based on American Icons--imagery that takes the traditional ideas and transcends to incorporate greater and complex issues and meanings.  Very out and proud and coming straight from his life in San Francisco, he steps into a bar for some refreshment and a bit of trouble brews.Lorenzo Maryboy is a big Navajo Marine who wants to see if he can turn the popular cartoons he drew while he served into a career. He's heading to the home of the artist of the famous "Jarhead" cartoons, who has offered to be a mentor to him.  He tries to help the guy who walked into a bar wearing red tennis shoes from getting hassled--and the craziness ensues.I love how we have complex characters and situations that naturally and easily skirt stereotypes and spin amusingly away.  I love the open-mindedness and refreshing views on everything--real cowboys--who never hop on a horse and herd cattle, people who are icons and very real (and lovely inside and out), of life in a small town that isn't divorced from the world, except in all the right ways.  And, of course, the relationship between Jesse and Mary, who love to talk about art and are two very different people while having so much in common at the same time.  I'm not sure I totally agreed with the conflict and events at the end, but it didn't matter.  The characters and the story was just very enjoyable and moving.