tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post7381255891349997057..comments2023-05-07T11:31:28.136-04:00Comments on Lindsey's Film Odyssey: High Noon (1952)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172446849111712883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-3454077770817532702015-06-21T23:13:42.386-04:002015-06-21T23:13:42.386-04:00Oh, thank you for explaining it to me.Oh, thank you for explaining it to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172446849111712883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-71298326471502822472015-06-21T15:01:15.889-04:002015-06-21T15:01:15.889-04:00I'm certainly no judge or lawyer, but I believ...I'm certainly no judge or lawyer, but I believe that McCarthyism would not have been considered a violation of the First Amendment since it wasn't Congress passing a law telling people they couldn't be a member of a certain group; it was McCarthy and his people "investigating" (read: intimidating) Hollywood studios into not hiring people thought to be in a particular group. Of course, McCarthy was discredited before any legal challenge would have been able to make it to the Supreme Court. It takes several years for cases to work their way up to it.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-29060828713945491712015-06-20T22:24:59.350-04:002015-06-20T22:24:59.350-04:00Thanks, he will find out the truth someday.Thanks, he will find out the truth someday.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172446849111712883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-12715682210828814242015-06-20T22:24:19.000-04:002015-06-20T22:24:19.000-04:00Doesn't Mccarthyism violate the first amendmen...Doesn't Mccarthyism violate the first amendment? How did people even let that happen?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172446849111712883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-90600755823041510322015-06-20T11:26:49.178-04:002015-06-20T11:26:49.178-04:00Funny story about your husband. I worked with a w...Funny story about your husband. I worked with a woman who refused to watch black and white films just because she felt she was watching less than a whole film. I couldn't even get her to watch Casablanca.<br /><br />I like High Noon more than you, I feel it's one of the greatest westerns ever made.<br /><br />For what it's worth #1 - she was marrying him because he agreed to eschew violence, which is why he was leaving the sheriff job. It was his insistence on stopping the bad guys that put a rift between them.<br /><br />For what it's worth #2 - the allegory is actually about McCarthyism. That's why Wayne hated it. He was staunchly in support of McCarthy and naming names. Those who refused found themselves abandoned by their friends, much like Will Kane in this movie. He alone stands up to the evil, just like the people who stood up to McCarthy felt.<br /><br />And for a contrast, watch On the Waterfront, which is the other side's allegory for the same situation. In this case, doing the right thing IS naming names.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7102083477633345540.post-71207709058076716692015-06-20T03:34:24.611-04:002015-06-20T03:34:24.611-04:00That is a great prank on your husband. I love it. ...That is a great prank on your husband. I love it. I hope he is the forgiving kind.<br />Also I bet he does not like actors doing red-face as make believe natives.TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.com