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The Real Political Message of High Noon

June 10, 2008 - 12:42 am - by Kyle Smith
Corky Boyd
2008-06-10 07:03:12

I grew up with High Noon and it remains my favorite movie of all time. I was anti-communist conservative at the time, and in no way at any level did I see this related to McCarthy. This is the first time I have even heard it suggested.

It simply portrayed pure good against pure evil and how a town already saved by the Coop would take no action to help him or save the town. This even included his ex-girlfriend, but I guess she could be forgiven under the circumstances. If any other message comes out it is one of exposing the “better red than dead” crowd.

I have said it before and will say it again, this movie portrays George Bush precisely. I wonder if he sees himself in Coop’s role. All the elements are there.