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Nice article in today's SF Chronicle by C.W. Nevius about the acceptance of Bareback Brokeback Mountain in the burbs, including upscale senior-dominated communities. Men of the baby boomer generation, reasoned a distributor, are comfortable enough with their sexuality to be able to see the film, and as for the seniors:

"The thing about the senior crowd is that they go to a lot of movies, and they like good movies," says Foley. "By the third weekend, we were in Scottsdale (Ariz.), West Palm Beach (Fla.) and La Jolla (San Diego County) -- urban, well-to-do and a tremendous senior crowd."

The film has legs and the number of screens is still expanding, the article says.

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