tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post113495994063998771..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Levi and Knoller and Gyllenhaal and Ledger, oh my!Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1135007095232616372005-12-19T10:44:00.000-05:002005-12-19T10:44:00.000-05:00Yeah, all things considered it isn't terribly surp...Yeah, all things considered it isn't terribly surprising. I feel like during that tiem in particular the cowboy myth was at (or else about to be coming into) one of its major peaks in Europe.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, in Argentina, there was a particular Jewish fetishizing of the <EM>Gaucho</EM>, the Argentine Cowboy. One writer, who's name I can't recall now even created a widespread legend that the <EM>Gauchos</EM> were themselves secretly Jewish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1134963660659828302005-12-18T22:41:00.000-05:002005-12-18T22:41:00.000-05:00I would, but I now live in NYC, not Chicago. I sti...I would, but I now live in NYC, not Chicago. I still need to see it a first time...<BR/><BR/>So strange that Herzl was comparing tough (pre)-Israeli men with cowboys way back when...not so strange, though, in that the colonization/settling/whatever of Israel and America have plenty of parallels.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-1134963254822675892005-12-18T22:34:00.000-05:002005-12-18T22:34:00.000-05:00Thanks for the link Phoebe; I'm glad my emotional ...Thanks for the link Phoebe; I'm glad my emotional rant seemed interesting enough to comment on. Once it comes out on DVD I will certainly be buying a copy of <EM>Brokeback mountain</EM> perhaps you will be able to borrow it instead?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com