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I just watched this movie last night. It was only about the 45,654,987,556,045,638,475,629 time I've seen it.
The DVD extra with some of the cast was great. I especially liked Roscoe Lee Brown's comments. I liked the comments on how he was surprised by Bruce Dern slapping his face. It was not scripted, as you can tell by that twitch in Brown's eye. Classic. I did not hear him mention Dern calling him "nigger" though, nor had I heard the word used in any othe Wayne films.
The Word "nigger" was used a few times in the film, even by the kids. Odd how we never see it anymore. Not as a modern real life racial thing, but I'm sure that word was thrown around like a new Frisbee in the post Civil War years. Yet not in Westerns anymore. Hell, even Archie Bunker and George Jefferson used it.
I'm not attempting to start a shitstorm here, I'm merely posting an observation.
The DVD extra with some of the cast was great. I especially liked Roscoe Lee Brown's comments. I liked the comments on how he was surprised by Bruce Dern slapping his face. It was not scripted, as you can tell by that twitch in Brown's eye. Classic. I did not hear him mention Dern calling him "nigger" though, nor had I heard the word used in any othe Wayne films.
The Word "nigger" was used a few times in the film, even by the kids. Odd how we never see it anymore. Not as a modern real life racial thing, but I'm sure that word was thrown around like a new Frisbee in the post Civil War years. Yet not in Westerns anymore. Hell, even Archie Bunker and George Jefferson used it.
I'm not attempting to start a shitstorm here, I'm merely posting an observation.
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THE TERM NIGGER WAS USED AS A TERM ORIGINALLY TO DESCRIBE BLACK PEOPLE OFF THE BOAT FROM AFRICA. REFERRING TO THE RIVER NIGER IS QUESS. THE AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ITS USE. THEY OFTEN USE IT THEMSELVES IN THERE OWN VERNACULAR BUT ARE UPSET IF A WHITE PERSON USES IT. I DO UNDERSTAND THIS AND UNLESS YOU ARE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN I QUESS WE ALL SHOULD REFRAIN FROM USING IT. THAT SAID I AM NOT A CRACKER BECAUSE IM WHITE. IVE NEVER BEEN WEST OF TEXAS OR SOUTH OF MISSOURI. AMERICAN SOCIETY WILL NEVER EVOLVE TO A POINT OF POSITIVE COHESIVENESS AS LONG AS WE USE PRO NOUNS IN FRONT OF AMERICAN. MEXICAN,AFRICAN,GERMAN ,IRISH, POLISH AND ON AND ON . JUST AMERICAN FOR ME.........LUCKYDOGJIM
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