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Originally Posted by obs20
This being The Memorial Day Holiday, I would rather not be discussing the merits of The Duke as a "would be" national role model. I think it's time to give thought to real heroes rather than celluloid ones. This is my last post on this thread.
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I thought he was an actor? Don't actors play roles - isn't it the characters portrayed in those roles that might stand as role models? You seem to be suggesting that, because he was a draft dodger he should not have played the role of a war hero. But that's what actors do - they pretend to be someone else - gay men play straight men, American women play English women, rich people play poor people. Maybe the fact that you seem to be blurring the line between the roles that he played and the person that he was is an indicator of how good an actor he was, (or possibly not).