From My Ol’ Pal Grady Clarkson…

Brokeback backtalk from down Alabama way: …So, we’re sitting there (sez Grady via email this week) and naturally the avalanche of "Brokeback Mountain" jokes came out. Somewhere in the rattle of the conversation, I heard something about [Birmingham’s iron ore-rich] Red Mountain. So, I said, "Well, it’s really good that they didn’t set the movie on Red Mountain, because if the Christians heard that it was about a homosexual relationship between miners, they’d really blow a stink." Well, the conversation didn’t exactly snap into silence; it rather dribbled rapidly there. The pause grew long, I smiled and looked back at my work. It took at least two more seconds, before someone said, "I got it!" At last, it got a good laugh. But the fun part for me was waiting for them to figure it out.
Grady & me, We did live TV Back there in the summer of ‘63.

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15 Responses to “From My Ol’ Pal Grady Clarkson…”

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   February 26th, 2006 at 9:48 pm

   Um, I can’t figure it out. Is there a mining reference?

2. Howard Cruse Says:
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   Grady’s making a “miners” vs. “minors” pun, Andrew5. You may now slap your forehead in enlightenment! :Grady’s making a “miners” vs. “minors” pun, Andrew5. You may now slap your forehead in enlightenment! :

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