John Wayne Explains the Culture Wars
Wednesday, 6th January 2010
Here's the Duke being interviewed by Canadian television in 1960. It's striking how contemporary it all sounds once the conversation moves on to politics. Fifty years on and you hear many of the same arguments...
Hat-tip: Terry Teachout whose new biography of Louis Armstrong comes highly recommended.]
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Craig Strachan
January 6th, 2010 5:26am Report this commentThe politics are contemporary, the seating arrangement is...well...not.
dearieme
January 6th, 2010 11:36am Report this commentTeachout: but doesn't everyone who fancies a biography of Satchmo already own one?
super ally
January 9th, 2010 10:13pm Report this commentAh, a right-wing warmonger who curiously managed to avoid active service during a time of national draft...plus ca change indeed
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