Posted on 05/30/2021 10:03:41 AM PDT by Beowulf9
On Memorial Day weekend, we celebrate courage, specifically that of the men who died fighting for the greatest country in the history of the world. Once upon a time in Hollywood, such bravery was taken for granted. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, even the most popular male movie stars quit their lucrative studio contracts to join unknown men in uniform, dirt, and combat. It didn’t matter to Clark Gable that he was “the king of Hollywood” and had just nailed the most iconic role of his career as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. He became Lt. Clark Gable of the U.S. Army Air Force, flying bomber missions over Germany. The Luftwaffe offered a $5,000 reward to any pilot who shot him down. Gable had plenty of all-star company — Jimmy Stewart, David Niven, Glenn Ford, Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Robert Montgomery, and many more who didn’t just play heroes but embodied them. Today, we have John Cena and Hollywoke.
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If there was a war today, the Hollywood elite would feel competent to criticize how it was fought and judge it’s morality, but wouldn’t lift a finger to help fight. Mark Ruffalo (sp?) comes immediately to mind.
Hollywood cannot even manage the old “men were real men and women were real women (a darn good arrangement)” line anymore.
Todays Hollywood is a sick joke
Hollywood was pervy back then. But at least they were patriotic.
The portrayal of Jack Woltz in the Godfather movie was relatively benign, compared to how he was in the original novel.
Oh there’s a huge difference. In everything.
Yeah, and then came The Vietnam War.
Since then, Hollywood took a long time to get over their hatred for America’s veterans.
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