I watched Eastwood's latest release of Cry Macho last night.?ÿ I was pleasantly entertained by a well written but possibly hastily produced story.?ÿ?ÿ
I will admit I've been a fan of Clint since Rowdy Yates bitched about Cookie's grub in the early sixties.?ÿ His poorly executed and one-dimensional dialog rivals that of John Wayne.?ÿ His success appears to be within his choice of characters and definitely not his talents as a thespian.?ÿ And much like John Wayne, Eastwood found his niche playing characters that evolved from the actors' own personas.
Anyway, if you liked Gran Torino?ÿyou will probably enjoy Cry Macho.?ÿ But this time instead of an aging UAW member Eastwood plays a washed out saddle bum.?ÿ Both films pivot on the main character's reluctance and inability to deal with a member of the younger generation and social dilemma.?ÿ I applaud the production for an accurate portrayal of Mexican Frontera.
A good story and worth the time I believe.
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@flga-2-2?ÿ
Charlie Wooster and Hop Sing had them both beat.
The most appropriately named character on Rawhide was Hey Soos, played by Robert Cabal.?ÿ Hey Soos, of course, was originally from South of the Border, but Robert Cabal's genetics were quite different.?ÿ Robert Cabal's heritage is complicated. His father's name is usually given as Clement Hiram McColgan, but he apparently formerly used the name Clement Kalei Hiram before changing his name to the former. His father appears to have been of Chinese descent and his birth surname appears to have originally been "Ching". Cabal's mother was Nina Medeiros, who according to the U.S. Census was part Hawaiian in descent. Cabal was born Harold Christopher Ching on April 7 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii.
