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John Wayne: Iowa's cultural icon or a 'rotten SOB?' [View all]
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2020/07/06/john-wayne-iowas-cultural-icon-or-a-rotten-sob/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5bb78a94-e2b4-4a3c-b8d5-4018543e1851My answer: A rotten SOB.
Quit watching John Wayne films when I was @ 12. Why you ask?
1) Wayne played the same character in every movie. The clothes were all that changed.
2) Even in the early 60s his reputation as a grade A asshole was well established. I saw enough of those folks in church each Sunday.
For those who don't know Wayne (nee: Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset in 1907) is a native Iowan. The recent 'controversy' about the airport being named after him in Orange County California put his name and legacy back into circulation.
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