Clint Eastwood: Quite the hypocritical poster-boy for white privilege ... ( interesting )

Clint Eastwood has always interested me from the time I saw one of the first movies, "Fistfull of Dollars" to today. I don't know much about him, but reading his Wikipedia page is pretty interesting. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint_Eastwood#Early_life )

Clint was born in San Francisco, CA into a very well off family. Over 11 pounds a birth. Clint is not only white, but is descended from Mayflower passenger William Bradford, and through this line is the 12th generation born in North America. His family settled in Piedmont, CA, a wealthy suburb of Oakland. To me,, it seems naive to think this did not figure into his inability to fail and eventual big time success.

Clint was quite the delinquent screw-up; he was held back due to poor academic scores, and records indicated he also had to attend summer school. From January 1945 until at least January 1946, he attended Piedmont High School, but was asked to leave for writing an obscene suggestion to a school official on the athletic field scoreboard and for burning an effigy on the school lawn, on top of other school infractions.

He was transferred to Oakland Technical High School but no one seems to know if he ever graduated. I just don't think he finished high school," explained Fritz Manes, a boyhood friend two years younger than Eastwood, who remained associated with him until their falling out in the mid-1980s.

Clint was drafted into the United States Army during the Korean War. He always dropped the Korean War reference, hoping everyone would conclude that he was in combat and might be some sort of hero. Actually, he'd been a lifeguard at Fort Ord in northern California for his entire stint in the military.

Obviously Clint has developed into one of the best and most famous American actors and directors. Agree or disagree, his movies are always interesting. Recently I saw the movie "Richard Jewell" and I was unexpectedly and positively most surprised. The critical, non-conformist rebel in Clint I resonate with, but his Right-wing hypocrisy ... eh, not so much.

Love Clint or hate him, American moviemaking will be worse off when he is gone - and it appears he will be working until he drops as he just wrapping up a new movie. Eastwood would direct, produce, and star in an adaptation of the 1975 novel Cry Macho for Warner Bros. Pictures.[286] Production of the film began in New Mexico on November 4, 2020, and concluded on December 16, 2020. I'm looking forward to seeing it.

Movies of Clint Eastwood's that I have really liked have been; Heartbreak Ridge, Unforgiven, Richard Jewell, Paint Your Wagon and White Hunter Black Heart.

"Sully" was good, as was "The Mule".