>The film (Rio Bravo) was made as a response to High Noon, which is thought to be an allegory for blacklisting in Hollywood, as well as a critique of McCarthyism>Wayne later called High Noon "un-American" and said he did not regret helping run the writer, Carl Foreman, out of the country.>Howard Hawks went on the record to criticize High Noon by saying, "I didn't think a good sheriff was going to go running around town like a chicken with his head cut off asking for help, and finally his Quaker wife had to save him.">Wayne and Hawks teamed up deliberately to rebut High Noon by telling a somewhat similar story their own way: portraying a hero who does not show fear or inner conflict and who never repudiates his commitment to public dutyWhich Western does /tv/ prefer: High Noon or Rio Bravo?
>>217346960Wayne was a shit actor and his western are arguably all terrible, he played the same character over and over again and the structure was always the same
McCarthy was right about communist infiltration of hollywood, politics, academia, etc.declassified russian documents prove it, plus it is just obvious at this point in hindsight
>>217346960Neither. I like The man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Which coincidentally stars both the actors in OP's pic.
>>217346960If it got Wayne's panties that twisted it must be good
>>217346960Rio Bravo
>>217347084It is total fucking bullshit and anti-American for the government to take an official position on anything. How dare they tell anyone what to think or want, those bastards. There can't be "communist infiltration". If communism is what the people choose then it is correct
>>217346960Based Wayne shitting on communist insects
>>217347084Even at the time there was not much dispute that communist spies existed. The entire issue was that McCarthy instantly descended into paranoia and turned what could have been a serious counter-intel operation into hunting for queers.
>>217347135Eat shit commie.
>>217347018I don't think that's fair. You don't have to like him as a person, but as an actor and a star he excelled. And he has some range too as his role as Ethan Edwards is completely different from Mclintock; never mind all the non-Westerns he did.
>>217347181>don't want to unquestioningly worship the State?>COMMIEYou should be strung up along with the politicians>>217347204He was certainly a star in that he knew how to market himself. That's it
>>217347135>It is total fucking bullshitkek, nopeVenona Projectyou seem like a faggot>>217347166i mean, it's all bad and should be eradicatedcommies and queers seem to run together
>>217347254The House Committee on UnAmerican Activities(whatever fuck it was called) WAS unAmerican. The government telling the people what they are allowed to think and want instead of enacting the will of the people is unAmerican. The government declaring " we have decided you are not allowed to want us to change" is unAmerican There was NEVER organic opposition to communism, it was entirely fabricated by the State mostly for international politicking which is also unAmerican
>>217347452sorry, faggot, we know that it was actual russian interference from intentional subversion campaignsonly hollywood fags supported it, not true Americans
>>217347247>he knew how to market himselfAbsolutely. But I wonder how "natural" his stardom really was, not even with help from Hollywood agents and whatnot, but as a government/CIA asset. I don't think the political beliefs and actions he pushed so hard actually came from himself. Hell, he didn't even decide on his own stage name but had it forced on him. I never read any "conspiracy" or anything like that on him, but he was a high level mason and someone who seemingly unconditionally supported the government. I don't believe his worldwide fame came just from him looking really cool while riding a horse, but I can't prove it.
>>217347095Liberty Valence is John Wayne and James Stewart, not Gary Cooper in OP pic.
>>217346960>Dead for nearly 50 years>Still makes commies and fags madOne of the greatest of all time.
>>217347084He was a fag that was afraid of everyone finding out his faggines. He made noises of greater evil to distract everyone on fagg epidemic that was starting to take root.
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>>217346960> high noon seen as allegory for McCarthyismSome may see it as that, but most people at the time saw it as a movie about the lone individual willing to stand alone for what they think is right.There is a reason why high noon is (or at least was) the most watched film by multiple presidents at the White House movie theater
>>217346960Rio Bravo by a mile
>>217347166Kinda like modern groypers then
>>217347018I'll never understand why this basic unc was a big deal, he doesn't have the looks and he doesn't have the acting chops.
