Why Do Conservatives Love Cowboy Culture?

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62. Miss Wayne

Originally from David Gerrold: https://www.facebook.com/david.gerrold/posts/10212927745120729

Reposted from another thread:

The worst loudmouth can spoil a movie forever.

Back in the kerosene era of movies, I had been hearing so much about Midnight Cowboy, I finally decided one night to go see it. This was when theaters changed to new releases on Wednesdays.

Checking the newspaper, Midnight Cowboy was playing at only one theater in Los Angeles, a third-run theater on Hollywood Blvd. The Vogue, I think.

I got into the last screening of the film. The theater was mostly empty. About two or three rows behind me were three (obviously) gay guys. (No problem with that, but it informs what happened next.)

Halfway through the picture, Dustin Hoffman looks at John Voight in his cowboy drag and says in a very nasal tone, "That cowboy stuff is for faggots."

John Voight, in one of his landmark performances, stammers out, "J-John Wayne. You gonna tell me that J-John Wayne is a faggot."

And from two rows behind comes this very loud, very nelly voice. "Oh, my dear. Everybody knows about Miss Wayne."

Everybody in the theater heard it. Everybody — there weren't many, but everybody — laughed.

I lost my concentration too.

And I've never been able to watch Midnight Cowboy since.