THE BOOK OF THE VIP
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Chapter 51
Yes, as I have said, there will be many great new stars,
2eAnd they will make movies for a new generation of young people,
3Who will be completely fed up with everything,
4And ready to see life as it is,
5Without a lot of lies and stupid platitudes.
6For they will not only be tired of fJohn Wayne,
7But disgusted with him too,
8Because they will know better than to think that the wild west was settled by good, strong, brave, virtuous men who never shot anyone in the back,
9Not to mention his awful movie about aVietnam, called the ‘Olive Drab Berets,’ which will be all about how this is just another little war that the Americans have to win on behalf of all the little people who want to be free and democratic,
10bWhich is nothing more than one long string of lies and jingoistic excrement, from beginning to end,
11And so they will elevate a new kind of film protagonist,
12Played by cClint Westwood,
13Who will replace John Wayne as the symbol of the American hero,
14Including western heroes,
15dWhich will make a fistful of dollars for Clint,
16eAnd maybe even a few dollars more than that.
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