See my recent reply concerning John Wayne:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4130441/posts
Thank you. You wrote what I was thinking.
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Yes that was a good one. John Wayne was Americana as was Elvis whom the liberals also went through a period of criticizing.
Trivia, did you know J.W. Only married Hispanic women? He was asked why and he said it wasn’t the type just happened to marry them. A white lie I think. Yet who cares, Latin women can be incredibly beautiful.
Tennyson's poem, "The Lady of Shallot," is about this exact phenomenon. The gifted artist/author/actor is successful because they (are cursed to) interpret the real world from outside of it. If they choose to live in it, the loss of their unique perspective is fatal (at least to their craft).
They've all gone to hell.
Sentient OK, sentiment being, who knows?
You have been chastised by the spelling police:)
I suppose it’s human nature for a lot of folks to see those that have some notoriety as having some special insight or knowledge that little people don’t have. A LOT of people are wrong. Same with product endorsements. Some celebrity says use “xxx” and people buy the crap out of it. Insane!
On that thread, I posted about how John Wayne had a lifetime with horses and was a skilled rider, rancher, ex-cowboy stuntman, etc.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4130441/posts?page=21#21