John Wayne Exhibition Removed

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That is perfectly fine.

It is a modest memorial to the untimely and unfortunate death of a prominent actor.

I think there is a modest memorial for James Dean where he was killed on his motorcycle on California Highway 46.

The mistake Marion Morrison fans make with John Wayne is elevating him to a historic figure with a consequential and lasting legacy.

He was a mediocre actor who appeared in numerous B-list movies.

My theory for why Marion even found the purchase that he did, is there was a cottage industry dedicated to making Wayne a proxy in the Cold War and Culture wars of the 20 th century. Marion provided the caricature, the avatar of the moral fortitude, courage, and independent spirit that America wished to project about herself.

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That is perfectly fine.

It is a modest memorial to the untimely and unfortunate death of a prominent actor.

I think there is a modest memorial for James Dean where he was killed on his motorcycle on California Highway 46.

The mistake Marion Morrison fans make with John Wayne is elevating him to a historic figure with a consequential and lasting legacy.

He was a mediocre actor who appeared in numerous B-list movies.

My theory for why Marion even found the purchase that he did, is there was a cottage industry dedicated to making Wayne a proxy in the Cold War and Culture wars of the 20 th century. Marion provided the caricature, the avatar of the moral fortitude, courage, and independent spirit that America wished to project about herself.

James Dean was killed in a Porsche 550 Spyder, fucking shit for brains. As for the rest of your spiel, just more of the pompous windbaggery you have become infamous for, it's your leitmotif.

 

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Polls don't mean anything. You need to get out more.

He conducted a poll of his fellow metrosexuals, they are pompous windbags as well.

 

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James Dean was killed in a Porsche 550 Spyder, fucking shit for brains. As for the rest of your spiel, just more of the pompous windbaggery you have become infamous for, it's your leitmotif.

Yep, our little mentally challenged Cypress really DOES appear to have shit for brains. Quite tragic.

 

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There is one memorial to Tom Mix where he was killed in a car crash. It's a forlorn stretch of rural highway in Arizona.

Thanks for the pic, T. A.!

 

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Never heard of Tom Mix. That speaks to the issue of deluding one's self into believing that pop culture individuals are destined for history and enshrinement as ever lasting icons.

Tom Hanks is a good actor and has been in better movies than John Wayne. I actually think his film legacy is stronger than Wayne's. But in 50 years, monuments of Tom Hanks would look out of place and mildly ridiculous.

There are only a few dozen American writers, poets, film makers who really have ground breaking and lasting impact on art and culture. If somebody is going to pay good money for a statue and display it in a public space, they probably should think about the legacy and lasting contributions of the individual they are publicly enshrining.

Jeez, you're such an ignorant arsehole!