Brokeback Mountain Winning Four Globes

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)

Last night, Ang Lee won the Golden Globes best director award for his work on "Brokeback Mountain." The film is a story about two cowboys who concealed an ongoing homosexual affair from their families. The film also won Golden Globes for best drama, screenplay and original song. The triumph has positioned the movie as a solid front-runner for the Academy Awards, the Oscars!

As parents from oversea, do you admire Ang Lee who has found success as a Hollywood director? Most of us heard of him and/or watched his Wu Xia film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." We do want our children to be successful in the United States. Don't we? But how about the homosexual message? Do we want our sons and daughters to endorse the value system of the film? It has frank depiction of a homosexual relationship and its physical and emotionally romantic aspects. I heard there were directors and actors who turned down involvement with the film because of its message.

In Taiwan, Ang Lee said, "I think we all have a Brokeback Mountain in our hearts. It's like an Eden - it's about romantic love and the illusion of love. The film won recognition in the United States and that gave me more faith (in film-making). I am doing my best and let fate decide on the Oscars." Apparently, he believed that, "the fact that the movie has found eager audiences across the country, including the conservative heartland, shows that Americans are willing to embrace stories of love in all forms."

Parents, what are you teaching your kids and teenagers about love?

Copyright © 2006 Winnis Chiang, Parenting ABC