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I've watched the first five episodes of this show and...

posted 13 years ago by toycoon-too
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Damn, if this isn't one of the best hidden gems of the past! The relationship between Heyes and Curry is so palpable, it's fascinating to watch. In this Post Brokeback Mountain era, I keep half expecting the guys to consummate their obviously 'close' relationship. Maybe that is what keeps the show so compelling; it still manages to remain 'innocent' (aside from all of the old West violence) but there always seems to be the possibility of discovering yet another 'secret' about the guys. I wonder if anyone else gets that same feeling.

"The most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it." - Cesar Romero

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[–] RikerDonegal 13 years ago

I doubt it. I've never heard of anyone taking that particular reading from the show. It's just a buddy show, like Starsky & Hutch, etc.: They're two best friends who love each other, that's all.

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[–] unapologetic_mocker 13 years ago

I don't read it that way at all but I have encountered young people online who 'ship' Hayes and Curry and interpret them as a slash pairing.

I don't get it but you're not alone in your assessment.

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[–] unapologetic_mocker 11 years ago

In the post "Brokeback Mountain" era, there are too many folks like you who can't see buddy pictures without thinking the buddies have to be gay.

You need to have watched more Westerns.

by - MarquisOfQueensbury on Wed Sep 12 2012 22:23:48

I think watching more westerns may just reaffirm rather than disabuse this line of thinking; as Ned Stark said "A mad man sees what he sees".

[–] toycoon-too 11 years ago

Funny thing is that I always liked westerns! I grew up watching "The Rifleman" and "Bonanza" both were a few of my favorite shows. I think that's why I enjoyed "Brokeback Mountain" so much. You think it is an old fashioned western then it spirals into something completely unexpected and original. I'd never seen anything quite like it before.

"Alias Smith & Jones" is a throwback to the westerns of the 50's and 60's with great characters and fascinating stories. I love seeing the old 'Universal Studios' backlot, too.

"The most important thing is being sincere, even if you have to fake it." - Cesar Romero

[–] blaze1600 10 years ago

Actually, the show states that Heyes and Curry are cousins. In one episode, they talk about how they went fishing together when they were kids and they mention that both sets of parents were killed during the Civil War. However, the idea that they could have been gay is quite intriguing.

[–] SpacemanBob 10 years ago

It seems to me they are constantly flirting with women in the show, I see their relationship along the lines of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

[–] baldrickadder 9 years ago

I can't even think that they are gay. I must admit I've not seen this for years, so I might be mistaken, but I thought one of them was more of a ladies man in the series.
Also you have to imagine that as outlaws and well known, they are better off sticking together as a team. If you know you can't settle anywhere and plenty of people whose would happily get the bounty on you. Would in my eyes be a reason why they can't get romantically involved in the series. Better two then one I would have thought, in their situation.

[–] aer71367-313-155069 8 years ago

No. There was never anything of the sort on this show and if anyone sees something like this in this show, it's because they very much would like to see it that way.