I just remembered something! Larry McMurtry said he wished he had written Brokeback Mountain; is it possible the deep friendship between Gus and Woodrow is the emotional construct for something Larry was unable or unwilling to follow thru on, at the time?
The reason I ask this, is, I realized I am having a virtually identifcal emotional empathy for the two couples: The LT best friend, Gus and Woodrow; and the LT lovers/best friend, Jack and Ennis. There is not much of a difference for me! Isn't that funny? I think G & W are actually written very much like aging marrieds; and Woodrow does say, "I Swear" to Gus, doesn't he, while Gus is dying? Or was that just with Deets' death??
I wonder how much of the M/M action we are discovering so many of us gals enjoy, is as much, or more of a function of watching the supposed emotional connection?
Hmmm......thoughts??