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February 15th 08, 02:24 PM
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8G500 in movie on AMC yesterday.
"flipper" wrote in message
... When you say "humanist-liberal" do you mean classical liberalism or modern liberalism? Classical. Note the lower case. At any rate, I see this movie as being sort of (early) transitional. Go back a decade or so and the basic theme is the 'inherent goodness' of the common man with the sophisticates often getting a lesson. Like in, say, Mr Smith Goes to Washington. Here. as you pointed out, Holiday turns on Crawford only after she's 'tutored' on principles by the 'educated' man. Holden, himself, makes the point with "A world full of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in." (I do think there's a tinge of intellectual snobbery in Holden's character.) I completely agree it's about morals but I don't think it can be separated from the 'intellectual' argument and seems to me they're inextricably linked even in your explanation. She becomes 'moral' as a 'result' but remove the 'intellectualism' and the implication is she wouldn't. That's a significant shift from the natural goodness of the common man theme. Good points. |
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