tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post1726949738521936809..comments2024-03-27T22:25:44.006-05:00Comments on Ennyman's Territory: True Grit and My Problem with The DukeEd Newmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-72413338026140313312012-03-16T21:30:01.363-05:002012-03-16T21:30:01.363-05:00I guess I don't remember the Jimmy Stewart rol...I guess I don't remember the Jimmy Stewart roles other than Man Who Shot Liberty Valence (in which John Wayne also played.) No doubt some of the "lightweight" acting in those days was due in part to the fact that they cranked out films at a hazardously fast clip... like every two or three weeks. Today's pace is far more tedious and painstaking to get everything "right"...<br />It may be, too, that some of my attitude was formed in my "rebellious youth" in which I went against what was popular. But that's not all of it. It's hard to believe Midnight Cowboy and True Grit were from the same year. Midnight Cowboy pointed to the future of where films were going, both in the acting and the themes. John Wayne wasn't just a caricature of himself, he was emblematic of that former era.Ed Newmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12703797864648081829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146215066182995239.post-91812722132754107902012-03-16T07:31:03.537-05:002012-03-16T07:31:03.537-05:00Hi Ed, I can understand what you're getting at...Hi Ed, I can understand what you're getting at, but my take is that you need to consider the expectations of each cinematic era.<br />In my opinion, The Duke was revolutionary relative to movie aesthetics before him. In reality it was the work of a duo, the two Johns (Ford and Wayne) completed each other.<br />I once wrote a post in my blog about John Wayne and James Stewart that I think serve as example of what I'm trying to say:<br />"The more I watch those classic westerns, the more I realize however that I tend to prefer the roles given to John Wayne than the ones given to James Stewart. Wayne's characters are imperfect, sometimes nasty, what gives them a touch of roughness and realism that's lacking in many of Stewart's roles. Stewart's characters tend to be too nice and gentle, at least from my perspective."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com