What I really mean is that "High Noon" with Gary Cooper had the message "A man's got to do what a man's got to do". And "Spartacus" had a message. And "The Wizard of Oz" had a message. And "Casablanca" had a message.
Yes, the movies were more artful, and the messages were much better. What we see now is just propaganda by anti-Western, anti-Christian, pro-Communist snobs. It's all gone downhill and I give Hollywood very little money because of it.
But once upon a time, the messages favored our side.
Yes, the movies were more artful, and the messages were much better
Or different. They used to be about individual integrity.
Gay rights, civil rights, global warming are causes about group belief.
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The real (original) message of HIGH NOON cannot be understood without knowledge of both the political climate at the time and the writer's personal history. It is clear that Kane represented the writer who was 'targeted' by the HUAC (and blacklisted right after this film) and the towns folk hiding in the church represented the rank and file of Hollywood who, at that time, refused, out of perceived cowardice and self interest, to come to his aid.
It is only in more recent years that Kane's plight became identified as similar to America's go it alone foreign policy.
That my FRiend is irony writ large.