Chapter 15 - Suspicious Minds

Travel Directions:
From Hwy 1 (Trans-Canada Hwy), take Hwy 21 north to Township Road 263. Turn right (east) on 263. Rockyford is at the intersection of 263 and Range Road 233. The CIBC Bank stands at the corner of 1st Avenue and Main Street, diagonally across from the Riverton Post Office. See:

http://www.FindingBrokeback.com/Rockyford/r05.htm

Remarks:
The Childress Dance Hall exterior scene was filmed in tiny Rockyford at 3 AM. We are told that the CIBC Bank doors needed to be replaced as part of the Dance Hall makeover. Difficulties with the stubborn door hardware made this an all-night process.

The real problems, though, are in the scene itself, which is steeped in Brokeback ambiguity. Jack asks why women powder their noses “just to go home and go to bed.” Is this Texas rancher small talk or is it a test? If it is a test, Jack’s approach has grown considerably more subtle since 1963, and Randall flunks. A moment later, a far less artful Randall says “fish some. Get away, you know?” and all hearts race. Is Jack open to his suggestion? Is he feeling intense pain? Or perhaps both?

Quotation:
“Drink a little whiskey, fish some. Get away, you know?”

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