Brokeback Mountain

Although homosexuality is not as taboo as it has been in the past, there is still a lot of stigma towards people who choose this kind of lifestyle. As a society we are learning to accept peoples differences but there is still a lot of controversy surrounding this issue. The movie Brokeback Mountain caused an uproar when it came to theatres. Many people were offended, not only because of the topic of the movie, but because the love between the two men was so straightforward and graphic. There have been plenty of movies before Brokeback Mountain that had elements of gay love in them. However, this movie took this love to a level that nobody had seen on the big screen before. The movie not only shows the men's love through their emotions but their love is also expressed physically. This physical expression of their love is what caused some many people tobe insulted.

Also, the movie did not portray the men how gays are usually portrayed in the media. Gay men are usually portrayed as being very feminine and flamboyant. However, in the movie the men were depicted as the All American Male. They did not have feminine habits, they were not ostentatious and they even had families. This caused controversy because the men were shown as being what is considered the stereotypical male but they participated in homosexual behavior.

People seem to be content with this kind of lifestyle in the media when it is portrayed as being over the top. This is where most people get the stereotype that most gay males are flashy, extremely famine and prissy. So when a movie comes out where the two leading characters are homosexual and they do not act accorinding to what is stereotypically gay many people will get offended and there will be plenty of controversy.