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Discuss “Brokeback Mountain sells tickets... and civil unions?”

Curious George never meant so much. The owners of the Manor Theater in Squirrel Hill probably didn’t have symbolic undertones in mind when they tacked up the blinding yellow poster for the spring 2006 film. On it, everyone’s favorite domesticated primate mimics the scrutinizing American people, fixing his binocular gaze on the denim-and-wide-brim-clad cowboys from Brokeback Mountain positioned across from him.

This poster is modeled after the last unfortunate love story to draw such fervor at the box office, Titanic, but Brokeback Mountain’s edgier scenes are likely to draw more gasps from your grandma than Leo DiCaprio tracing Kate Winslet’s nipple on a couch. The social resonance of Brokeback Mountain extends beyond James Cameron’s...

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