***SPOILER ALERT***THE SEARCHERS****
Am I alone in thinking John Wayne's character in the searchers is a racist scumbag whose carry-on is made only more despicable by his insider knowledge of the Comache (i.e. it's not racism bred of unfamiliarity). And, although he doesn't murder yer one at the end, there's no real change of heart, he remains the same drawling myopic cunt when the credits roll.
... yeah I know ... I know, don't overanalyse, Corca bah, Jeebus just a feckin film, only fiction like' - but propaganda generally is (fiction, simplification), Wayne's swaggering braggaddocio (dodged the WWII draft if I'm not mistaken) and influence throughout his career as an all-american role model was such that Stalin planned to have him assasinated! That's not an endorsement of 'uncle joe' it's to show that the influence of Wayne's portrayals of the prototypical shoot-first-ask-questions- later (the only good ___ is a dead___)all-american 'rough justice' gunslinger isn't really in doubt. Are his roles worthy of adulation? Is his character worthy of emulation?
