Not Your Dad’s Cowboy Movie

(I’m working in the box office and it’s the opening night of “Brokeback Mountain”. An elderly gentleman and his ten-year-old grandson walk up to my window.)

Me: “Hello! What can I get you?”

Customer: “One child and one senior for Brokeback Mountain.”

Me: “Sir, just so you know, there are some scenes that may not be appropriate for children.”

(He pauses and stares blankly.)

Customer: “Oh, it’s nothing that he won’t see in real life!”

(After he leaves, I inform the manager on duty of the situation. About thirty minutes into the movie, we watch as the grandfather and child literally run out of the theater and out of the building.)

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