guardian.co.uk - 12/10/2008
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Cuts transformed Ang Lee's gay cowboy romance into a straight tale of friendship when it was broadcast on state TV on Monday
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Italian TV Censors Brokeback's Gay Kiss and Love Scenes
Oh No They Didn't! —
Gays in Italy are infuriated about the censorship of Brokeback Mountain on Italian TV channel Rai Due: "La Repubblica noted that the cuts - involving a kiss between actors Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal and a love scene in a tent - came days after the Vatican attacked a European Union proposal that the United Nations formally condemn discrimination against gays. But Rai yesterday claimed the cuts were an honest mistake and promised to broadcast the full version of the 2005 film. 'Since it went out after the ...
Touch Dong's Body [Short Ends]
Gawker: defamer —
... · Don't let the Italian censors get their hands on your queer cowboy masterpiece: They'll slice and dice it into the story of two rigidly heterosexual spaghetti chefs who swap wives. ...
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Michelle Williams, 'Wendy and Lucy' —
Variety.com 12/9/2008
Oscars: Lead actress in the mix -- Her Oscar nom for "Brokeback Mountain" raised Williams' cache in the film world (she had previously done TV), and she's remarkably valiant in this small but powerful pic as a young woman stuck at a crossroads in her ...
RAI under fire for 'Brokeback' cuts —
Variety.com 12/12/2008
Weekly Smoke and Mirrors: Italian gay-rights activists claim censorship -- A bowdlerized "Brokeback Mountain" aired by pubcaster RAI has drawn fire from Italo gay-rights activists, who claim sex was clipped from the gay oater due to homophobic ...