Brokeback Mountain

Pamela E.
on 2/21/06 12:50 am - Buckeye, AZ
As any real cowboy or cowgirl will tell you, the characters in Brokeback Mountain are "Sheep Herders," not cowboys. There is a huge difference - especially to a cowboy.
Heather B.
on 2/22/06 5:59 am - Flanders, NJ
Hi Pamela. I thought they were considered both, that sheep herding was part of being a "cowboy". So what's the definition of a cowboy? Now inquiring minds want to know! LOL Heather
Heather B.
on 2/22/06 8:34 am - Flanders, NJ
I found the actual definition cowboy: A hired man, especially in the western United States, who tends cattle and performs many of his duties on horseback. Also called cowman, cowpoke, cowpuncher, sheepherder: A person who herds sheep, especially on an open range; a shepherd. Since the guys rode horses to herd the sheep, cowboy is the appropriate word
Suuz51
on 9/4/06 8:57 pm
Im like you.... If they herd cows then they are cowboys... If they herd sheep then they are sheepboys...Or shepards don't think it matters how they get around ...The point being what they are actually herding !
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