Summary Of The Documentary 'This Is Life With Lisa Ling: Gay Rodeo'

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Most people in our society have, at one point in his or her life wanted to be a cowboy or cowgirl. This urge occurs because as a child the persona of a cowboy or cowgirl excites one since he or she has experienced it in a movie, show, or real life. In the TV documentary This is Life with Lisa Ling: Gay Rodeo, Lisa Ling investigates and interviews the participants of the “Gay Rodeo.” The rodeo aims to accomplish ones dream of being a cowboy while allowing one to be his or herself and not hide his or her sexuality. I personally grew up watching Clint Eastwood’s western films, which always made me want to be a cowboy and take on the persona that Eastwood made famous. Because of this I believe Clint Eastwood’s characters serve as perfect representation …show more content…

I would define the cowboy persona as a man or women that portrays being very tough, masculine, stern, and incapable of feeling fear. I would also say when speaking his or her tone must be very masculine and strong. If one has ever watched a western featuring Clint Eastwood, one knows that he portrays a man that is often considered the epitome of this persona. This is because Clint Eastwood’s characters traits and tone portray that he is tough, strong, assertive, heroic and incapable of being intimidated. In one of his most famous movies called The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, Eastwood portrays a cowboy on quest for gold with a supposed friend, while an evil Union Sergeant is on their tail. Eastwood is eventually faced with situation that would truly test one’s capabilities to be tough, heroic, and not intimidated: Eastwood’s character is faced with a three-way gun standoff with the evil union sergeant and Eastwood’s supposed friend. Here Eastwood’s character shows his sense of heroism and inability to feel fear by killing the evil sergeant and incapacitating his supposed friend while having the risk of being shot. Eastwood’s character does this because both antagonist’s agendas involved various crimes and sins, thus Eastwood’s character believes that they should be persecuted (Gelten Par. 6). I feel this persona would not be embodied by any of the cowboys represented in Lisa Ling’s show. This is true because while the people shown did do various events that involve toughness and strength like bull wrestling. I feel if put in the same situation as Eastwood’s character he or she would not be able to have the same effect because the personality portrayed would be more feminine. Thus when faced with pointing a gun at a supposed friend and another bad human

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