Even using Brokeback Mountain as a Hollywood film example of how sexuality is shown in the media, Rodger Streitmatter’s, “From Perverts to Fab Five: The Media’s Changing Depiction of Gay Men and Lesbians”, states, “In a country that makes not just a virtue but a fetish of rugged individualism-and set against the most identified virtue, Brokeback Mountain strikes a deep and haunting chord, showcasing the story of people who for no good reason are not allowed to love their lives as they would. Entertain Weekly was another publication that interpreset the final science of the film as a plea for an end to homophobia. It is far from being a message movie, yet if you tear up in the magnificent final scene, its slow waltz of comfort and regret, it
