The "Wyoming Experience"

I think this is hilarious -- Americans prove yet again that they are unable to distinguish between real life and entertainment. I read in the paper this morning that the Wyoming tourist office is getting lots of calls because of Brokeback Mountain -- people like the scenery. The funny part is that the movie, though set in Wyoming, was filmed in Alberta, Canada (Brokeback Mountain itself is made up -- there's no mountain of that name). No, that's not the funny part. The funny part is that after the tourist office tells people that the movie was filmed in Canada, they don't care -- they're still interested in Wyoming . . . they want the "Wyoming Experience." Which I think is especially funny coming from this movie, since in this movie, the "Wyoming Experience" is furtive gay sex in a tent. It reminds me of the many white middle class social events I've been to where everyone dances enthusiastically to the Village People's YMCA -- an anthem to gay sex. Too, too weird.