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deutsey

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Fri Apr-06-07 10:06 AM
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7. I loved Billy Jack when I was a kid; I saw the original recently on DVD

and was embarrassed by it. What a difference a couple decades make, eh? :evilgrin:

It was a huge hit back in the early '70s when I saw it a number of times at a California drive-in with my family. My parents were young working-class folks who weren't hippies, but were sympathetic to the prevailing countercultural values of the era.

Looking back on its success, I wonder if the film appealed to so many people at the time who identified with the hippie kids and pacifists at the school, but who also had a lot of pent-up frustration over non-violent protest and secretly enjoyed seeing Billy beat the shit out of redneck bigots.

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