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39. That nails it perfectly. nt
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  -John Wayne Kaleva  Feb-24-10 08:36 PM   #0 
  - I loved him in "They Were Expendable." A war movie with a sad ending...nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-24-10 08:43 PM   #1 
  - But what about his teeth?  elshiva   Feb-24-10 08:56 PM   #2 
  - John Wayne's Teeth  Ptah   Feb-24-10 08:59 PM   #3 
  - Thank you!  elshiva   Feb-24-10 09:05 PM   #4 
  - Hey...it's Tommy Flute from Big Love!  Drunken Irishman   Feb-24-10 11:32 PM   #13 
  - .  denbot   Feb-24-10 10:11 PM   #9 
  - He was perfectly cast in "The Flying Leathernecks," and  begin_within   Feb-24-10 09:13 PM   #5 
  - "The Searchers" is my favorite John Wayne movie.  Kaleva   Feb-24-10 09:24 PM   #6 
  - My first cousin who was in the Marines at the time wound up as an  RushIsRot   Feb-24-10 11:31 PM   #12 
     - Cool!  Kaleva   Feb-24-10 11:39 PM   #15 
        - I think "old" would be more appropriate...  RushIsRot   Feb-24-10 11:45 PM   #16 
           - I may be 51 but my wife says I often act like a 15 year old.  Kaleva   Feb-24-10 11:47 PM   #17 
              - Until I hit 61, I thought the numbers needed to be reversed, but that  RushIsRot   Feb-24-10 11:54 PM   #18 
  - That's a great movie....  WCGreen   Feb-25-10 04:49 PM   #54 
  - Marion Michael Morrison  rurallib   Feb-24-10 09:27 PM   #7 
  - I agree with your first statement.  Kaleva   Feb-24-10 10:01 PM   #8 
  - The studios discouraged actors stepping out of type. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-24-10 11:55 PM   #19 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-24-10 10:17 PM   #10 
  - Only John Wayne film I enjoy is The Quiet Man  edbermac   Feb-24-10 11:25 PM   #11 
  - Nominated for Best Picture. John Ford won for Best Director.  Kaleva   Feb-24-10 11:37 PM   #14 
  - Sugary sweet and sexist. Ugh! Roger Moore is working on getting a movie made  Captain Hilts   Feb-24-10 11:56 PM   #20 
  - Maureen O'Hara WAS marginally more attractive as a sidekick...  MiddleFingerMom   Feb-25-10 01:17 AM   #23 
  - But O'Hara works well with Wayne,in part because she's physically big. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-25-10 11:23 AM   #37 
  - Same here. I have  frogmarch   Feb-25-10 02:58 PM   #51 
  - Draft-dodging reactionary racist piece of shit  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 12:40 AM   #21 
  - He was 34.They don't draft 34 year olds. How did he dodge?  CBGLuthier   Feb-25-10 06:59 AM   #25 
  - Chicken Hawk is more like it....  whistler162   Feb-25-10 07:45 AM   #26 
  - Garry Wills, author of "John Wayne's America"  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 11:02 AM   #31 
  - Toward the end of WWII men in their 30's were drafted.  sarge43   Feb-25-10 07:47 AM   #27 
  - Ever hear his comments about Native Americans?  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 11:00 AM   #30 
  - I didn't know hatred of EVERY person who considers themselves to be conservative was a condition of  cherokeeprogressive   Feb-25-10 11:28 AM   #38 
     - Yep, I even hate the members of my family who are conservative  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 12:09 PM   #40 
        - I'm not focused on who I should hate....  Green_Lantern   Feb-25-10 12:23 PM   #43 
        - Lighten up Francis  cherokeeprogressive   Feb-25-10 01:52 PM   #47 
        - Joke's on you  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 05:40 PM   #55 
           - Don't worry...  cherokeeprogressive   Feb-25-10 07:23 PM   #57 
              - +1 gazillion  Swede   Feb-25-10 08:16 PM   #61 
              - If you couldn't tell that was deliberate  Zomby Woof   Feb-26-10 11:31 PM   #76 
        - Damn, you're the easiest ignore I've ever had on DU.  elocs   Feb-26-10 05:16 PM   #69 
           - ROFLMAO  Zomby Woof   Feb-26-10 11:27 PM   #75 
  - In WWII, they drafted men a lot older than they did in later years.  raccoon   Feb-25-10 02:49 PM   #50 
  - Ha ha....  quickesst   Feb-25-10 07:51 PM   #59 
  - he wasn't racist...  Green_Lantern   Feb-25-10 12:19 PM   #41 
  - Lou Dobbs' wife is Latina  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 12:20 PM   #42 
  - Lou Dobbs knows better though...  Green_Lantern   Feb-25-10 12:29 PM   #44 
  - Correct. It's not fair to expect him to meet year 2000 standards. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-25-10 04:47 PM   #53 
  - that is some nasty fierce camel toe  LynneSin   Feb-25-10 12:37 PM   #46 
  - Elvis was a hero to most  flvegan   Feb-26-10 11:31 PM   #77 
  - Can't stand the guy -- can't even stand the sight of him.  Arugula Latte   Feb-25-10 12:42 AM   #22 
  - acting mediocre but that VOICE  Skittles   Feb-25-10 11:23 AM   #36 
     - Well you nailed it, Pilgrim  Arugula Latte   Feb-25-10 02:37 PM   #48 
  - My dad is a big John Wayne fan  Ohio Joe   Feb-25-10 02:07 AM   #24 
  - In the book I referenced above  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 11:09 AM   #32 
  - He was a better actor than his detractors claim and a bigger scumbag than his admirers claim  mitchum   Feb-25-10 10:15 AM   #28 
  - By no means an unwatchable actor  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 11:13 AM   #33 
  - almost as bad as the "noble savage" people...  Green_Lantern   Feb-25-10 12:34 PM   #45 
     - I don't subscribe to that either  Zomby Woof   Feb-25-10 05:42 PM   #56 
  - Yes. nt  Captain Hilts   Feb-25-10 11:22 AM   #35 
  - That nails it perfectly. nt  jobycom   Feb-25-10 12:01 PM   #39 
  - I agree. I don't enjoy a lot of the hammy, 'funny' stuff, but that's what was  petronius   Feb-25-10 07:40 PM   #58 
  - I love The Cowboys and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance  bookworm65t   Feb-25-10 10:33 AM   #29 
  - I never could stand him  Skittles   Feb-25-10 11:22 AM   #34 
  - I couldn't stand him. He was just a bully. nt  raccoon   Feb-25-10 02:46 PM   #49 
  - The Searchers, the Shootist, True Grit, She Wore a Yellow Rose...  Bucky   Feb-25-10 04:31 PM   #52 
  - Ribbon, dude  wysimdnwyg   Feb-26-10 09:51 AM   #63 
     - commonalities  Kaleva   Feb-26-10 04:01 PM   #64 
  - was a nazi  datasuspect   Feb-25-10 07:52 PM   #60 
  - But not anymore  martymar64   Feb-26-10 10:28 PM   #71 
  - America is weird.  Robeson   Feb-25-10 08:23 PM   #62 
  - This is an interesting generational thing  AngryAmish   Feb-26-10 04:14 PM   #65 
  - Interesting point. I'd like to post a poll about that.  Bucky   Feb-26-10 11:19 PM   #74 
  - Unfortunately, he wasn't a real green beret.  Call Me Wesley   Feb-26-10 04:31 PM   #66 
  - This scene from Repo Man always comes to mind when I hear John Wayne mentioned  gmoney   Feb-26-10 05:05 PM   #67 
     - I still think that line is based on fact  Zomby Woof   Feb-26-10 05:10 PM   #68 
        - Well, "Repo Man" is a documentary, right?  gmoney   Feb-26-10 08:20 PM   #70 
           - not the Alex Cox movie.  Gabi Hayes   Feb-26-10 10:33 PM   #72 
              - of course it was a documentary!  gmoney   Feb-26-10 11:13 PM   #73 
 

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