This in turn, reminds me of a photo of the Duke wearing tight shorts and
espadrilles that Scottish Conan Guy used on his show once or twice. While I
can't find video, the photo in question is in this article (scroll down some) -
https://www.primermagazine.com/2017/spend/espadrilles-men-summer-shoes
David
On Saturday, August 20, 2022 at 01:03:38 PM PDT, Kevin M.
<[email protected]> wrote:
I am constantly reminded of Bob Newhart’s one-liner about The Duke, as he
sarcastically quipped “Do you ever think about how close we came to losing
WWII had it not been for John Wayne?” Wayne evoked an image, literally and
figuratively larger than life, of the archetypal hero, but he was mostly
bluster, and by most accounts of him as a private man, politics largely bored
him. He’d talk politics publicly and on set because he disliked discussing his
personal life with people he wasn’t close to. It’s also ironic that although
Clint Eastwood played the typically more progressive anti-hero in most of his
westerns, he was (and continues to be) much more conservative than Wayne on his
worst days. Wayne’s openly pro-union views would get him a “woke” label by the
current GOP. I will not defend Wayne’s racist views, they aren’t defensible,
but I also don’t believe those views factor into the minds of too many people
who watch his movies today. He’s an easy “hero” to deconstruct, but not many
people think he’s worth taking the time to deconstruct.
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