[Slicksadick]

My favorite Wayne movie.
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-searchers-1956

[rlmorel]

My favorite too.

Big John Wayne fan. The fact that during the Vietnam War, he would go toe to toe with protesters standing outside the VA Hospitals he would go to, and had no problem engaging with them. (Lest one think “Hey, they wouldn’t protest outside a hospital with wounded servicemen, would they?” one only needs to look at Walter Reed during Gulf War II. Despicable a-holes.)

He was a conservative, and not afraid to say so. Even then, in the Sixties and early Seventies, being conservative was becoming a career stopper.

But, loved The Searchers. And, of course, loved True Grit. Just watched it again a few weeks ago...:)

I was so jealous of him, he bought a WWII minesweeper and turned it into a pleasure yacht! The “Wild Goose”! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_YMS-328)

[Retain Mike]

I would certainly agree. The reviewer makes the statement, “Today we see it through enlightened eyes, but in 1956 many audiences accepted its harsh view of Indians.” What nonsense. Politically correct indoctrination ignores the many tribes which were barbaric predators in order to create a perception of purity allowing acceptance in chosen social groups.

[ought-six]

Yup; mine, too. My other JW favorites are “The Quiet Man” and “High and the Mighty.”