We're getting a wee bit off-topic here. For the record, I love "Beautiful" but like many of Gord's better known songs I listen to it infrequently so I don't get burnt out - thank goodness he has such a large playlist to choose from.
As for the late John Wayne, he was more icon (for good or ill) than actor. I've never been in agreement with his very conservative politics (and I've never been able to watch "The Green Berets" all the way through, but that's me with many war movies) but he has a handful of movies I can watch without clenching my teeth, mostly John Ford flicks like "The Searchers" or "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon," and most of "The Quiet Man" and "True Grit." One seldom shown movie is "The Hellfighters", based on the life of Red Adair who spent his life putting out oil fires - one of the few JW movies my husband and I can both watch (it helps that it's got Jim Hutton, Vera Miles, Jay C Flippen and Katharine Ross in it, shot on location in Malaya and Venezuela.) A "B" movie at best but less irritating than some of his work.
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