For the Record

After viewing the unspeakably depressing Brokeback Mountain* this evening, Deb delivered herself of this defense of Ennis DelMar, the fine-looking but utterly monosyllabic character played by Heath Ledger, and all men like him:

"Just because he can't talk, doesn't mean he's not interesting."

I look forward to working this quotation into a toast some day.

*The movie is sufficiently tragic as to cause one to wish to find an appropriate length of rope, but go see it anyway. I thought Jake Gyllenhaal did wonderfully with what was in fact the more difficult role. Which pretty much guarantees that Ledger will win the Academy Award.