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By David In TN
Monday, May 18, 2020 at 12:27:00 A.M. EDT
Eddie Muller did a good job in his outro to The Crimson Kimono.
When he pitched the story with the interracial romance, the studio head told Sam Fuller to make the Caucasian detective (Glenn Corbett) a "miserable guy," Fuller refused and insisted on Corbett being "solid and upstanding." The Japanese detective, James Shigeta, got the girl but Fuller shows Shigeta's character to be the real racist, in suspecting his friend of prejudice, when the Glenn Corbett character was not.
Also, the studio promoted the interracial angle and Eddie said this was not what Fuller wanted.
I saw Sam Fuller's two Korean War movies (The Steel Helmet and Fixed Bayonets) on TV when in high school and they were pro-American and anti-Communist.
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The greatest American is a white person who stays loyal to his race.A white woman who does not associate with blacks--by choice--is a great American.Sometimes at work,you have no other option but to talk with a black,but outside of work--interracting only with white people strengthens this country.
Anyways,in your list--no Duke Wayne?
Celebrities don't often make great Americans,but the Duke was a great example of one.Jimmy Stewart,yes also,but if I were to choose between the two,I'd say John Wayne.Bob Hope traveled the world to entertain troops--which makes him a fine American--but he enjoyed performing too--in fact I'd say he was addicted to being onstage,which was the main reason he took weeks long tours of warzones(plus the hot girls he supposedly fooled around with aplenty).
Great Americans lived their lives back then in anonymity
--no daily profiles like we see the media produce today about "heroes".Everyone is a hero,which makes no one a hero.Media likes to pick its favorite heroes--usually blacks,though an occasional white will make a token appearance.The agenda is to create the appearance of minorities contributing mightily to fighting the virus OR being a victim of it(disproportionately).
No one in the MSM is a great,good or fair American.They ARE however,great communists,attempting to kill what's left of America.If the Dems get Biden or Mobama in as POTUS,that will put the nail in that coffin too.
-- GRA
John Glenn's widow died at 100 years old today--of coronavirus.John Glenn would have to be considered a great American,thanks to his successes as an astronaut.Back in those days,we still had pride in our achievements by whites.
--GRA
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