Just watched the Green Berets on earth telly and been reminded of one of the finest comedy performances ever by, its alleged star, "Big John" Wayne. What a twat!
I never knew "The Good Ol' U S of A" had actually fucked off the North Vietnamese and won the "Vietnam War", let alone done it entirely thanks to the efforts of Big John, alias The Duke. This 6ft+ lump of glycogen had apparently been deemed the man for the job, despite having been rejected as unfit for military service in the US Army - Jesus, that is one Hell of an achievement - and who was later branded a draft-dodger by some of his countrymen.
Wayne was a neo-Nazi arsehole - Discuss? Right, discussion over - with the acting ability of a lump of red, white and blue clay. In his later years he attempted, through the medium of film, to put right so much that his beloved, awful homeland had fucked up but his efforts were thwarted because, sadly for him, people with brains were left in those countries his colleagues tried to a infiltrate, overtake, destroy or brainwash. He was what people in the hushed circles of film criticism would refer to as "a complete and utter wanker".
I could write more but he's just not worth it. Get off your horse - and walk with it into Grantham, you git! P.S. You lost that one Duke, get over it.
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3 comments:
The hell i am,they don't call me big leggy for nothing ywal.
I love the scene in this where Big John and the little kid walk off together to watch the sun going down over the South China Sea. The fact that in order for this to happen, the sun would need to set in the East makes this snippet just about as factually correct as the rest of the film.
Excellent spot. Also, notice the official film poster. Big John appears to be with John Cleese and that woman off the Krankies - and they're all wearing Action Man outfits.
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