John Wayne

John Wayne is the most overrated and over appreciated actor ever. That's not to say he's not good. He does his thing well; his little walk, his bad boy hero attitude. Most of his movies though are him acting the same role. I enjoy actors such as Samuel L Jackson same roles for who they are and what they have done even though he repeats the same role, but I wouldn't place him as one of the greatest. The thing that bothers me most about John Wayne's appreciation is that he's a racist. America holds a racist as a hero and has an airport named after him. The only thing I can appreciate greatly about John Wayne is his role in progressing the Western genre, even though he's why depictions of Native American's are controversial in film. I think James Stewart, Randolph Scott, and Henry Fonda are way better than John Wayne. John Wayne has definitely been in some great movies, but to call him an American icon is wrong and stubborn. He's proof that a man with very staunch conservative beliefs and outspoken "patriotism" can be forgiven for everything wrong with him.

Or maybe John Wayne was just a fool. Maybe he was not aware of many issues, such as how blacks were treated at public schools and that they "couldn't" get equal schooling, and just how radical the anti-communist campaigns were. I hope he's just a fool. He has some good qualities to him. Any man though that's as racist as I think he is should not be so honored. DW Griffith did much for Cinema but you don't see anything named after him.