JUST PUBLISHED:
Clint Eastwood vs. The Rainbow: Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia and Other Cinematic Foolishness, by David Womack. Flying Public Press 2021 softcover. 186 pages.
- Which Eastwood film has a dog named "Faggot" and a black woman referred to as "Aunt Jemima?"
- Which film stops the plot in its tracks in order to make a rancid statement on black identity?
- Which film has the most gun commercials?
- Which Eastwood performance made a Republican politician puke?
In disentangling Eastwood's directorial persona from the prestigious work of the directors (Sergio Leone, Don Siegel) who spawned him, Clint Eastwood vs. The Rainbow exposes a filmic sensibility increasingly relegated to the dustbin of cinematic history in the wake of gay marriage, Black Lives Matter, Me-Too and Gen Z.
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