#Boy Dunson

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Boyd Dunson created these ballerinas out of shelf fungus!

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"Birth of a Broadside", written by Josh Dunson

Broadside's home is a small little room that's got chairs and a sofa with a tape recorder finishing off the bottom wall space. First people Sis Cunningham welcomed in after me was two-thirds of the New World Singers. Gil Turner took out his 12-stringer, borrowed a flat pick, Sis took out the mike for the tape recorder, and out came a talking blues Gil just wrote about the newspaper strike that had us all quietly laughing. We didn’t want to laugh louder than quietly because that might get on the tape.

Before the song’s over, in walks Bob Dylan and Suzy [Suze Rotolo], who sometimes illustrate's Bob's songs. The last verse that Gil was singing had how he was going to see his friend, Bob Dylan, who is a walking newspaper and will give him the lowdown on what's happening in the world. Bob thought it was a great song just from hearing the last verse.

Then, Gil took out his 6-string Gibson, handed it over to Bob Dylan saying how Bob’s new song “Masters Of War” was a powerful and a great one, one of the best Bob had ever written. I kept on thinking he had written a lot of good ones, some that had real lyric poetry like “Blowin’ In The Wind” and “Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall” (which makes you think right away of Lorca), and I waited for the images of rain, and thunder, and lightning to come out in great spectacles.

But no, this time there was a different kind of poetry, one of great anger, accusation, just saying what the masters of war are, straight forward and without compromising one inch in its short sharp direct intensity. I got a hunch this is the most difficult Dylan song for others to sing right, 'cause it can so easily be over sung, made a melodrama. But when Bob sings it, it rings honest and true. I hope a record is made of Bob singing this song and that a lot of people will listen to the quiet voice that Bob sings this song in because there is a dignity in the words that comes from when they have been thought about for a long, long time.

And right after that, not waiting for a chance to get two breaths, Bob came along with “Playboys & Playgirls Ain't Gonna Run My World," a group song that like Pete Seeger said later in the evening "is going to be sung by a million people in the next year.” Its tune catches whole crowds easy, and the words come right along from the feeling, Hell man, I was born here and I live here, but I’m not goin’ to let rats knock things down where I was born, where I live.

In the meantime, Phil Ochs, his sidekick, and the third third of the New World Singers, Happy Traum, came in. Boy, this room was so jammed packed with people that there was real foot and banjo and guitar shifting necessary to get Phil Ochs close enough to the mike to record his three new songs. Phil Ochs. What a guy! Quiet, soft spoken, but there with his guitar he spun some of the most real verses that's goin' to be written about the death of N.Y. Youth Board worker Louis C. Marsh and the miners striking in Hazard, Kentucky. There was an immediateness about those two songs Phil did. I got a strong feeling that his song on Hazard is going to be remembered past this strike, and be resung in many strikes to come.

Phil’s last song, a fine one of hope with a great group chorus had the last half of it heard by Pete Seeger who later that night was going to sing at the Hazard strikers rally at Community Church. After hearing the tape of the songs, smiling all the way through, Pete sang a number of new songs sent him recently.

We were all out of breath without breathing hard, that feeling you get when a lot of good things happen all at once. Pete expressed it, leaning back in his chair, saying slowly in dreamy tones: “You know, in the past five months I haven't heard as many good songs and as much good music as I heard here tonight.”

That’s what makes Broadside, all that good singing and all that good writing, plus a lot of hard work, labor pains. In the sheets of paper there are many smiles and many glances of anger, and even more the strong hope that these songs just won’t stay on the mimeograph pages, but will live and be sung.

(Broadside #20, February 1963)

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75th Anniversary Movie Festival: Red River (1948)

Title: Red River Release Date: August 26, 1948 Director: Howard Hawks Production Company: Monterey Productions Summary/Review: Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) breaks away from the crowd of ranchers heading west in order to start his own ranch in South Texas helped only by his longtime colleague Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan) and an orphan boy they meet on the way.  Fourteen years later, he’s…

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The way Matt looks at Dunson

Red River (1948) dir. Howard Hawks

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Western August IV: Red River (1948) - Recap (Part 2) and Review

How many movies have “river” in the title?

Feels like one of those romantic words, y’know? Maybe it’s because I have Moon River running through my head, and I like that song a lot. I dunno, it just feels like it’d be used a lot in titles. According to IMDb, 26 feature-length films have the word “river” in the title. There’s the above romance, Mystic River, as an example. 

There’s also Wind River, The River Wild, The River Why, The Bridge of the River Kwai (which is on my list for November), River Without a Bridge, A River Runs Through It, Dark River, Lost River, Take Me to the River,  Silver River, Green River, River Runs Red, The Crimson Rivers, Bend of the River, River Bottom, River Beat, River’s Edge, Frozen River, The Man from Snowy River, River Lady, The River King, River Queen, and River of No Return. That last one stars Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe!

And, of course, that doesn’t include movies whose plot is centered around rivers. I’m not compiling that list, believe me, but there are definitely a lot. I mean, I’ve talked about The African Queen, which is about a riverboat in Africa. There’s also the most recent homage to that film, Jungle Cruise (which I have yet to see). Plus, I looked up “river movies”, and found a list from AmericanRivers.org. Yeah...seriously.

Seen a few movies on there, the The Good Dinosaur and Ocean’s 11 (the entry for which is BULLSHIT, for the record). And I’m ashamed to admit that I totally forgot about Pocahontas, considering that it has a song about rivers (and my favorite song in the movie that I WILL be listening to right now).

Well, now that that detour’s gone to completion...back to the movie, yeah? Check out the first part, if you’re curious!

Recap (2/2)

After a successful day, Groot and Matt are celebrating. Groot tells Tom to congratulate and thank the boys, but he refuses to, as this is their job and nothing more. He also hasn’t been sleeping since those men left, and he desperately needs it. As said previously: Tom’s losin’ it.

Matt and Buster talk about this that night, and Matt is clearly frustrated with the whole situation. The next day, Cherry arrives with the two of the three missing cowboys, led by Teeler. The third was killed in a scuffle with Cherry. Teeler tries to plead with Dunson, noting that he refuses to listen to reason and take the road to Abilene, and that he’s endangering all of their lives in doing so. He readies himself to be shot by the tyrannical Dunson, only to learn that Dunson’s planning on hanging them! Shit!

That’s the last straw for Matt, who stands up to his adopted father in the men’s defense. As Dunson readies to get in a duel with him, Cherry shoots his hand, rendering him unable to fire, or even hold a gun! It’s mutiny! Teeler also wishes to fire at Dunson and kill him, swept up in Dunson’s fervor. But cooler heads prevail, and Matt pledges to take the herd and the men and lead them to Abilene. Even Groot leaves him behind. Damn.

This final indignity is enough for Dunson as well. As the group leaves him behind in the desert, Matt comes to make amends with him, promising to get the herd to Abilene. But Dunson returns this promise with one of his own: he’ll catch up. And when he does, he’s going to kill Matt for what he’s done. Damn. Wayne is famous for playing a good Western hero...but he’s a damned good villain as well. Holy shit.

But there’s trouble ahead, as the drive goes into the territory of the Comanche. Cherry and Buster go ahead of them to scout the area, and the rest stay behind in turmoil. The Comanche are ahead of them...and Tom Dunson is behind them, doubtless plotting his revenge. Damn. I’m diggin’ this movie a lot, especially in the latter half!

The next day, Buster rides back to find the party, telling them of news of a wagon train of food, coffee, and the Wild West’s most important commodity: WOMEN. With everybody thirsty for coffee and...well, something else entirely, the entire group of fuckbo-COWBOYS...I mean cowboys...head out to rendezvous with the wagon train. But on the way, they hear gunfire, and find a group of Comanche circling the wagon train. On Matt’s order, they decide to briefly leave the herd, and save the train from the attack. While there, Matt meets a woman attempting to fire a gun of her own, and she...

...IS A FUCKING BADASS? This lady, Tess Millay (Joanne Dru) gets shot by an arrow, and just continues her conversation with Matt, like they were in a goddamn café getting a drink. And holy shit, she’s tough! She actually gets shot, mind you, and they survive long enough to let Matt get the arrow out. And then, just before she understandably passes out from the POISONED ARROW STRIKE, she FUCKIN’ SLAPS HIM IN THE FACE!!! Holy shit, is this my favorite Western character?

That night, Cherry and Groot speak with Tess, and she’s already quite smitten with him. However, Matt has apparently labeled her as a prostitute, given the company that she’s keeping, which certainly curtails their connection. Matt, meanwhile, is speaking with Buster, traipsing through the fog to guard the cattle. All the while, the spectre of Tom Dunson looms over them, and over the audience. It’s eerie...and I love it, honestly.

Tess wishes to speak with Matt, and asks Groot to go and find him for her. However, she finds him in the fog first, and they have a conversation, where she does the vast majority of the talking, out of nervousness. And, unsurprisingly, the two bond romantically in the mists. They talk about the drive, Dunson, various other things. And, of course, they make out, as the rain begins to fall.

The next morning, though, a familiar face rears its head. Dunson’s got a group of men to ride with him, and he comes back to find Matt and the cattle. Looks like a showdowns about to commence, as Dunson finds the wagon train about a week later. Tess introduces herself, and says that she stole the bracelet, THE bracelet. And in fact, the conversation that results reveals that Matt did to her that Tom did to Fen 14 years ago.

Dunson, a little in his cups, now talks to Tess about his frustrations in terms of Matt, having seen him as a son that’s betrayed him after everything. He asks if Tess’d be willing to have his son, and she agrees if he gives up his chase of Matt now. She’s in love with him, and she asks in turn about when he fell in love with Fen, confronting him on his BULLSHIT. Using this as emotional blackmail of sorts, she asks to go with him when he finds Matt, and he agrees this time. 

It’s 100 days in, and the herd nears Abilene. He and the men worry that the railroad hasn’t made it there, only to be interrupted by the sound of a nearby train. They’ve made it! And Dunson actually WAS an asshole the whole time! A friendly train conductor speaks on his gratitude to see cattle in these parts, as its a resource the area has been missing. He points them to the settlement of Abilene, and the group is welcomed with open arms, especially by businessman Melville (Harry Carey). They ride their herd straight down Main Street, and become the first cattle drive to complete the Chisholm Trail!

Melville offers them a FUCKTON of money, as he’s a representative of the Greenwood Trading Company in Illinois. And the reverie is palpable...until Rom shows up. Ah, shit. Dude sees how wrong he was about the whole thing, but he’s still gonna go for Matt after all this? And hell, Matt’s literally trying to get money for Tom after all of this! Even Melville think’s Tom’s being a dick.

Yeah, Matt is definitely the hero of this situation, while Tom is undoubtedly the villain at this point. bruised pride, sure, but that doesn’t excuse his assholishness. Matt recognizes the danger in the situation, and goes to his room wary of the danger. Instead, he’s greeted by Tess, who’s there to warn him. And then, of course, they make out. Morning comes, and...well, this wouldn’t be a proper Western without a showdown of some kind. Everyone’s on edge, waiting for the inevitable. And indeed, Dunson rides into town, ready to be an ASSHOLE. With the posse behind him, he marches into town after Matt, as Cherry steps in his way to stop him. And Dunson...Dunson shoots Cherry dead. Yeah, FUCK TOM.

He gets to Matt, who refuses to draw his weapon, even as Tom fires at him and accuses him of being soft. Time for a fuckin’ FIGHT.

Dunson punches him a few times, only for Matt to deal him some FUCKIN’ HITS in return. I mean it, this fight looks rough as hell. And it’s ended by...Tess! Holy shit, Tess FIRES A GUN at them both, and snaps them the fuck out of it, because Tess is ABSOLUTELY THE BEST FUCKIN’ CHARACTER.

After everything, AFTER FUCKING EVERYTHING...that’s it. It’s over! Tess, being the badass she is, knocks the sense into them, and they stop their stupid-ass feud. Matt decides to marry Tess, and Tom allows Matt to finally have an equal say in the ranch, treating as a true son and partner at last.

Well, hot damn! That’s the end!  So, let’s break this bad boy down, shall we? Time for the Review!

Review

A quick little preamble this time! I really liked this movie! Definitely had a classic Western feel to it, and it was a fascinating little character-driven drama behind the excitement and tribulations of a cattle drive on an uncharted path. I genuinely had fun with this one, and I’m more than likely going to watch it again, and recommend it to others! If I had to guess before my breakdown, I’d give it an 85?%, possibly higher! But let’s put that theory to the test.

Cast and Acting - 9/10: Yeah, can I see John Wayne as a villain/anti-hero more often, please? He was an ass, but an extremely compelling one. Yeah, he’s still John Wayne, but not like I’ve seen him as of yet. Hot damn, do I like his performance. Montgomery Clift also does a great job as the young Matt Garth, and Walter Brennan makes Groot my favorite character in the film. Although, it’s hard to beat Joanne Dru for that role, because Tess also rules as a character. As for John Ireland as Cherry Valance...eh. He was fine. Nothing to write home about, sorry.

Plot and Writing - 9/10: Tightly written plot, with a couple of corny lines here and there, but they work! For a story based on a hypothetical first cattle drive on a real drive route, the story they craft around it is actually fantastic. Borden Chase and Charles Schnee do a great job here, and I’m definitely interested to see more historical dramas like this one in this genre. Fingers crossed!

Directing and Cinematography - 10/10: Well, it’s Howard Hawks. He’s kind of good at this. I’m looking forward to seeing Rio Bravo, and I already loved His Girl Friday. He’s a really good and iconic director, and he even managed to insert one of his typical Hawksian woman in the form of Tess! Check out my Recap of His Girl Friday for a little more on that. Not much, but a little. And I haven’t forgotten cinematographer Russell Harlan, because he also did a fantastic job. He’ll also appear again in Rio Bravo!

Production and Art Design - 8/10: This is, perhaps, the most stereotypical looking Western I’ve seen yet. Is that a bad thing? Hell no, I loved it. But, the design isn’t stand-out stellar, is what I’m saying. Sure, I love the background and sets, but that’s par for the course in this kind of environment. So, great, but not amazing.

Music and Editing - 10/10: Real talk, I actually loved the music in this movie. It’s maybe the most stereotypical Western music I’ve heard yet, but it made me feel like I was with the boys on that cattle drive. Credit to composer Dimitri Tiomkin, because this soundtrack slaps. Editor Christian Nyby also deserves quite a bit of praise, as this 2 hour long movie FLEW by, but in a gratifying way. 

92%! I actually underestimated how much I liked this film.

This is one of the best Westerns ever made, and it definitely shows! I really did have a great time with it, and I whole-heartedly recommend it to anybody who’s just starting to get into Westerns. Seriously, it’s a banger.

Next up, it’s time for another classic Western by another classic director, Delmer Daves. And this time, I’m excited to focus on a different population in the Western genre landscape. Well...excited or terrified. Here we go...

Next: Broken Arrow (1950); dir. Delmer Daves

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Red River (1948) dir. Howard Hawks. 7.1/10

Montgomery Clift is cute.

I can’t envision making a journey like this.

Stubborn men are dumb.

Spoiler: [About Thomas Dunson and Nadine Groot joining a wagon trail to California. They leave the trail to head to Texas even thought the Colonel doesn’t approve because of the Camanche around. Thomas’s girl, Fen, wants to join, but Thomas refuses and gives her a bracelet. At the red river, he and Groot see fire from the location of the wagon trail. In the night, the Natives sneak up on them, but are killed instead. Thomas sees the bracelet on one of them. In the morning, a boy named Matthew shows up with his cow and how he had escaped. After overcoming the original distrust, Matthew joins Thomas. They continue until they find a large piece of land to start growing their herd for beef. Thomas marks off his land with a D and two lines for the red river. He brands his cows. Matthew wants to earn an M on the brand for his name. Two men arrive to say this land is for Don Diego on the other side of the Rio Grande. Thomas says he most likely took it from the natives and now he’ll take it from Don Diego. He shoots one of the guys and allows the other to go back to tell Don Diego. Thomas buries the guy. After 14 years, their herd is grown and they need to move it to earn a profit. They plan to go to Missouri, where there is a market. Matthew comes home and offers a trail route with good water. Some of Don Diego’s and Meeker’s cows accidentally join their herd and they decide to brand it with their own brands. Don Diego’s men come to fetch their cows and ask to look the herd over. A deal is instead made to return the profits from his cows after getting to Missouri. One of Don Diego’s men, Cherry Valance, ends up joining their trip. Cherry and Matt show off their shooting skills and are both good shots. Nadine is playing a game of cards and loses to a native. Thomas comes over and gets the men in the place to join his journey. They sign up. Valance mentions a railroad in Kansas, but Thomas focuses on getting the herd to Missouri instead since Valance hasn’t physically seen the railroad. They make good progress, but the men and herd eventually get restless. Dan talks about how he’ll have more money than he ever had when they sell the cattle, and he’s going to treat his wife with red shoes and the profits afterwards. Bunk steals sugar consistently throughout the trip and knocks over the dishes one night, causing the herd to go into a stampede. Dan is killed in it. The stampede is eventually controlled. They do a vigil for Dan later and the profits he would’ve earned will still be given to his wife, along with the red shoes. Thomas goes to whip Bunk, but Matthew shoots and wounds Bunk instead so that he won’t be killed. A storm occurs and the men are discontent with their food. They are discontent with Thomas. A wounded man named Sutter appears and is tended to. He mentions how he works for Carwood and they had no chance against an attack for their herd. He was on the trail that Thomas is on and says they should’ve gone towards Kansas for the railroad. He hasn’t physically seen it himself either, so Thomas continues for Missouri. The other men go against Thomas now after hearing this. Thomas had put his gun down and when Nadine throws him a gun, he manages to shoot down the men going against him. Matthew doesn’t agree with Thomas and tells him not to tell him what to think, but he will listen to his orders. The second guards abandon the journey in the night after stealing some things. Thomas has Cherry go get them back. The journey continues and they get to the red river. Thomas wants to go further even though Matthew says the men and the herd are tired. The herd goes into the water and through. Nadine sees that Tom needs sleep, but he refuses. Cherry arrives with 2/3 of the men who ran away. They argue what everyone is thinking about Thomas and Thomas decides to hang them. Matthew now goes against Thomas. He gives a gun to one of the deserters and wants him to shoot Thomas, but he refuses. One man shoots Thomas’s hand when he goes for his gun and then his gun is shot away. Matthew takes over and leads the herd to Kansas. Tom is

left behind, but he tells Matthew that he’ll catch up and will kill Matthew. Their group moves on until they find a cow with an arrow through it. Matthew has some men go ahead and check it out. They should come back with a warning, if necessary. The men are restless in the night and a guy has nightmares since Thomas is behind them and Natives are in front of them. Matthew reassures him with a time estimate of when Thomas would catch up since he talked about it with Nadine. Buster comes back and says a train of wagons is ahead and there’s many supplies. Cherry stayed behind for a woman. They get there and see natives fighting the people. They fight their way through. Matthew talks with a girl, Tess, who eventually gets an arrow through her shoulder. He tends to her as the natives leave. Tess learns from Nadine and Cherry about Matthew and she goes to talk to him. They kiss and talk together until it rains and the journey has to go on. She is left behind after being given a bracelet. Tess sees Thomas arriving a bit after Matthew had departed. She tends to Thomas’s meal and talks to him. When confronted about her bracelet, she said she stole it, but he asks her if she loves Matthew. She talks of him leaving her behind and Thomas articulates how she felt by remembering how Fen felt. He also mentions how he thought he had a son in Matthew, but was wrong. He asks her if she’ll have his son and she agrees if he stops his pursuit. She asks him about the girl he loved since he knew how she felt and wants to join him on his journey. Matthew’s group finds the railroad and gets to Abilene. The town is happy to see the herd and Matthew makes a deal with Mr. Melville of the Greenwood Trading Company. They then talk about Thomas and how he must be confronted. Matthew goes to his room and sees Tess and they kiss after she alerts him about Thomas. The next day, Thomas arrives and shoots Cherry after being confronted. He then shoots close to Matthew, but not at him. He punches Matthew until he starts punching back. Tess stops them and yells about how they love each other. They make up and Thomas tells him to marry her. He also mentions how the brand will change to D, 2 lines, and an M.]

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Red River

One of the most celebrated westerns of all-time, Red River also manages to be one of the best films, and westerns, by legendary director Howard Hawks. One of those westerns that depicts frontiersmen and cattle ranchers driving all they own through Indian territory and dangerous territory for any number of reasons, Red River is a rip roaring western that really rises above the genre. Many times, westerns can just be entertaining shootout films where gunslingers face off in the town or where they square off with Injuns on their way. While cattle ranchers are hardly a unique storyline amongst westerns, what Hawks manages to do with Red River makes it perhaps one of the most impressive westerns that I have personally seen. Serving as a metaphor for father-son relationships and the role women play in them, Red River is a smart, authentic, and truly realistic film that is a great western, but also a great film.

Depicting Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) as a tough as nails cattle rancher with dreams of starting his own herd and becoming a legend of the profession, Dunson never takes no for an answer. When a Mexican man comes and tells him the land in Texas that Dunson has settled on belongs to a Don Diego, Dunson tells him to go let Diego know that he is taking it away from him. This is a man who is a man's man. He shoots people, prays over them, and herds cattle. That is all he does. When young Matt (eventually Montgomgery Clift) comes along, however, Dunson begins to feel the same pull he once felt when he left a woman he loved behind to start his herd. Setting forth to raise the boy to one day take over the herd, Dunson and Matt develop an impeccable bond between the two of them where either will take up arms to defend the other without being asked. They do not communicate their love for one another, but everybody around them can tell that they love each other. It is kept in their holsters however, as it is many men and father-son combinations.

Instead, they channel their love into aggression. With Dunson intent on driving the cattle from Texas to Missouri and Matt believing that route is too dangerous due to the amount of Indians across the Missouri border, the two begin butting heads. This situation worsens when Dunson catches drift that one of their employees, Cherry Valance (John Ireland), believes Matt to be a bit soft in his refusal to let Dunson kill somebody or to shoot Dunson himself. When Matt steals the herd to take it to Abilene, Kansas, instead of Missouri and does not kill his father figure, the feeling that he is soft is only confirmed in Dunson's mind. In order to stamp this out, he sees his only option as tracking down Matt to kill him, in order to either finish off his "son" or to make his son become a man. It is a perverse piece of logic where it is clear that to be a man, one cannot feel emotion and must kill without hesitation, even if they love who is at the end of their gun. For those who do not do that, they are soft and a man. For real life, this is the equivalent of tough love where fathers drive their sons away through constantly raising the bar or refusing to show them any affection. Instead, the son must go through life without affirmation and only receives attention when the father tries to give him more life lessons or to tell him where he misstepped again. By threatening to kill him, this serves as Dunson's final lesson: do not let emotions get in the way or making sure you live your life as a man should. If the situation necessitates it, kill anybody who gets in your way.

It is only through Thomas' early love interest Fen (Coleen Grey) and Matt's love interest Tess Millay (Joanne Dru) that the men finally confront the fact that they love one another. In seeing Tess, Dunson is immediately taken back to the day he left Fen and feels silent love and pride that his "son" could find a woman like the one he had left so many years ago. Yet, it does not deter him from ensuring his son is a man. In fact, it only exacerbates the issue because now Matt may have a family to care for and somebody who is not a man could never dream of being able to provide. Thus, he doubles down on his mission. It is only when Tess finally gets them together and tells them both that it is plainly obvious they love another, so why do they fight and fear one another when they love each other? By speaking to them and saying what they will not say, she manages to save both of them and make them confront the feelings that they had pushed far away. It is perhaps a bit cliche and old school, but nonetheless, women are typically the ones who make men confront the fact that they feel something. Even today, men are told "boys don't cry" and those who are perceived as being soft are bullied. When men find a woman they love, they are finally liberated to show their emotions to her. However, God forbid if they have a son or else they will have to teach them exactly what they were taught: you are a man, so do not express emotion. In Red River, the stupidity of this belief is put on display as the men are forced to realize that expressing this emotion will not kill them and not expressing it will possibly lead to their mutual demise. It is only when Tess makes them wake up and smell the coffee does anything change and it certainly does not come a moment too late.

As a western, beyond the father-son dynamic, the film remains excellent. With a compelling premise about the men driving the cattle all the way from Texas to Kansas/Missouri, Red River is a rather quintessential western. Yet, along the way, its development of its central theme and supporting characters - especially Nadine Groot (Walter Brennan), who is charming and funny as always - is exemplary. Everybody's stakes and purpose for being there on the cattle drive is understood. Each time they stop, move against their will, or contemplate what they must do next, it is easy to feel the exhaustion, the dread/fear of what awaits them, and the truly impeccable feat that lays before them. In many ways, this film can be seen as a direct influence on Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff for its depiction of this journey and the mental and physical toll it takes on a person to complete. While Red River is a faster paced film than that one, they nonetheless bear similarity in that depiction. Where it diverts is its classic gunslinger antics, which are as excellent here as they were in Howard Hawks' later western Rio Bravo. While that film has some more fun with set design and choreography, this one's simplistic and straight-up shootouts are perfect, as are its more prolonged battle scenes between the men and the Indians.

A near perfect western, Howard Hawks' Red River manages to rise above its genre trappings in its characters. Developing a brilliantly authentic metaphor and overall theme about father-son relationships, Red River manages to not just be an excellent western with some great gunplay, it manages to become a truly excellent written work that really soars when put on film. With strong performances from the whole cast and typically excellent direction from Hawks, Red River is an excellent film.

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It’s Friday y’all and I am ready for the weekend! What better way to start than with some incredible wine? Now I know we have wineries and distilleries all over the place but I want to shout out Currahee Vineyards out of Toccoa, GA. Reason being, that they have opened a shop over by (my favorite place in the whole wide world) Cinnaholic! I ventured into their place the other night while trying to find a good wine for my Mom and boy was I surprised! Not only did I meet a wonderful family but also had some amazing wine! This business has been up and running since about 2009 down in Georgia and since then they have grown to 12 different wines, 3 of which have won INDY (Indy International Wine Competition) medals! The Dunson’s have really gone all out with their little family business and I can’t tell you how nice it is to have some good conversation every once in a while. Back to the wine, I personally brought home the Sunrise (white muscadine and peach) and Midnight (dark muscadine and blackberry) because my Mom and I’s favorite flavors are Peach and Blackberry so how fitting, right? The flavor is immaculate, definitely one of those you’d have to watch yourself with! I also know that when I swing back by there I’m bringing home a bottle of Currahee Apple, that sucker definitely contends with some of the Apple Pie Shine around here! Y’all stop in and see the hard work and passion the Currahee crew has put into their wine and you won’t be disappointed!

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Evo Online cancelled, CEO fired following sexual misconduct allegations • Eurogamer.net

Along with many other sections of the gaming world, the fighting game community has been rocked by a wave of sexual misconduct and abuse allegations over the past few weeks, and the latest involves the CEO of fighting game tournament Evo. After the allegations were made, several companies, players and casters announced they would not participate in this year’s event: resulting in the firing of the CEO, and the cancellation of this year’s Evo Online.

Former president and Evo co-founder Joey “MrWizard” Cuellar was accused of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour towards several teenage boys, an account later backed up by another community member with evidence of inappropriate comments sent by Cuellar over Twitter. Following the allegations, NetherRealm, Capcom and Bandai Namco announced they would end their participation in this year’s Evo Online, while several players and casters including SonicFox and Stephen “Sajam” Lyon announced they would not participate in the event.

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In response to the allegations, Evo last night announced that Evo Online 2020 would be cancelled, and Cuellar would no longer be involved in Evo “effective immediately”.

“We are currently working towards his complete separation from the company and have relieved him of all his responsibilities”, the statement said. “Going forward, Tony Cannon will act as CEO; in his position, he will take a leadership role in prioritising greater accountability across Evo, both internally and at our events”.

The statement added that Evo had been “shocked and saddened” by the allegations, but the organisation is “committed to making every change that will be necessary in making Evo a better model for the stronger, safer culture we all seek”. Those who bought badges for Evo Online will receive a refund, and it will be making a donation to healthcare charity Project HOPE.

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Elsewhere in the fighting game community, several well-known Super Smash Bros. players have been accused of sexual misconduct, rape and paedophilia. Named community members include Nairoby “Nairo” Quezada, Richard “Keitaro” King and Cinnamon “Cinnpie” Dunson, who have all been accused of statutory rape, while D’Ron “D1” Maingrette has been accused of rape. King and Quezada both issued apology statements, while D1 also issued an apology but claimed he could not recall the events. Last year Dunson denied rumours about a relationship with her accuser, but is yet to issue a statement on the new allegation.

Nintendo issued a statement to IGN on the wave of allegations within the fighting game and Smash communities.

“At Nintendo, we are deeply disturbed by the allegations raised against certain members of the competitive gaming community. They are absolutely impermissible. We want to make it clear that we condemn all acts of violence, harassment, and exploitation against anyone and that we stand with the victims.”

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Eva Longoria is not the only woman having a baby later in life

Eva Longoria is pregnant with her first child at age 42. (Photo: Getty Images)

Eva Longoria is pregnant! The 42-year-old actress, who is four months along, is expecting a baby boy with husband José Bastón. The baby is due after her 43rd birthday.

The couple, who began dating in 2013 and wed in May 2015 at a lavish Mexican ceremony, did not wait long to start their family, which was a decision that came as a surprise to fans.

.@EvaLongoria is pregnant! Her first baby!! And it’s a boy! https://t.co/fLGA6BNYfH

— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) December 20, 2017

Eva Longoria is pregnant at 42 and I’m here for it….Quad said she’s going to be an older mother too

— Gigi Smith (@Daisy5730) December 20, 2017

Eva Longoria pregnant at 42…I still got time!

— Mary Jane Herrera (@maryjaneh1980) December 20, 2017

Longoria has been open about her conflicted path to motherhood, telling Parade in 2014, “I’ve always wanted a family. I believe in family. But children are a product of love. So I don’t think I’ll go off and have a baby by myself. I do not have that need to procreate.” Later, she told People of motherhood, “It’s just not in my future.”

The actress is one of many Hollywood women to delay pregnancy — Janet Jackson gave birth to her first child at age 50, Mariah Carey and J-Lo had twins at ages 41 and 38, respectively, and Gwen Stefani birthed her third child at age 44.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, women in their 30s are having more children than their younger counterparts. That’s an important change, after three decades of women in their late 20s owning the highest birth rates, reports the Associated Press. And while advances in IVF technology are likely playing a part in the trend, there’s no way to know for whom.

Gwen Stefani and her son Kingston Rossdale. (Photo: Getty Images)

The public attitude toward families has also shifted. Per the Pew Research Center, 40 percent of people say motherhood should wait until a woman has established her career, and one-fifth say ambitious women shouldn’t have children at all.

For those who wish to wait, here’s the good news: Women can have healthy babies even in their 40s. While it’s true that birth defects rise with age and pregnancy rates decline, a woman’s fertility doesn’t necessarily flatline at age 35.

A groundbreaking 2013 story published in The Atlantic by psychologist Jean Twenge found that many modern fertility statistics are based on ancient birth records. “In other words, millions of women are being told when to get pregnant based on statistics from a time before electricity, antibiotics, or fertility treatment,” wrote Twenge. “Most people assume these numbers are based on large, well-conducted studies of modern women, but they are not. When I mention this to friends and associates, by far the most common reaction is: “No … No way. Really?”

She added, “In short, the ‘baby panic’ — which has by no means abated since it hit me personally — is based largely on questionable data. We’ve rearranged our lives, worried endlessly, and forgone countless career opportunities based on a few statistics about women who resided in thatched-roof huts and never saw a lightbulb. In Dunson’s study of modern women, the difference in pregnancy rates at age 28 versus 37 is only about 4 percentage points. Fertility does decrease with age, but the decline is not steep enough to keep the vast majority of women in their late 30s from having a child. And that, after all, is the whole point.”

Mariah Carey and her twins. (Photo: Getty Images)

And when women use in vitro fertilization (IVF), the odds of conception can be even better. “We see women in their early 40s doing well with IVF,” says Guy Ringler, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at California Fertility Partners in Los Angeles. “After 42, pregnancy rates with IVF drop precipitously.”

There are some risks to delaying motherhood, says Ringer. “Pregnant women over the age of 40 are at increased risk of complications during pregnancy, including hypertension in pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy, preterm labor, and operative delivery such as cesarean section.”

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