But I do find it curious that he pulled "Brokeback Mountain" — a film that has won many awards and is well on its way to being the Oscar front-runner — while allowing others to continue to run, including such indefensible sleaze as "Hostel" and "Grandma's Boy."

On the other hand, if it's just because "Brokeback Mountain" is a gay-themed film . . . and it is, though no one will say so . . . perhaps Miller should become better informed about some of the other products he's selling.

Both "The Family Stone" and "The Producers," which have been at Jordan Commons for several weeks, have very strong gay themes.

And Miller's TV station KJZZ shows daily reruns of "Will & Grace" — a very raunchy sitcom and a prominent gay program — at 6:30 p.m.! That's not just the "family hour" — it's before the "family hour."

It's hard to imagine that he's this ill-informed about the cars he sells.

Still, I don't really care what he does with his theaters — and if he had done what he did a day earlier, no one would have noticed or cared.

What's most noticeable here is Miller's lack of consistency.

Miller's not talking, of course. He'd like this all to go away.

But it would be interesting to hear what made him decide that "Brokeback Mountain" was worse than all these other shows.

That is, if he's even aware of the other shows.

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