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The John Wayne Brand and His Silent Reply to His Enemies

vassar / December 24, 2017

For close to ten years, in the late 60s and early 70’s, the most hated man in Hollywood was John Wayne. That’s right, the Duke. It was all about the Vietnam War, about which you never saw one contemporaneous film…

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American Exceptionalism, Stories, Music and Film

A Republic, Where a Man Can Walk Free, Drunk or Sober; An Homage

vassar / November 29, 2015

In the 1960 film “The Alamo” John Wayne, playing Davy Crockett,  made this speech: “Republic, I like the sound of the word. It means people can  live free, come and  go, buy or sell, drunk or sober, however they choose.”…

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