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Search Of Heroes (continued ) Which may be why those early church saints were not only relatively unknown except for their legends but also without exception dead So they seldom let you down There’s much to be said for dead heroes and I would like to close with an old-fashion- ed warrant in blood Predictably Allen — you wantwas accused of self-pit- y ed fame Kid so enjoy it But whether or not Allen wanted fame he couldn’t have wanted this Still this is what you get — you can’t regulate fame with a thermostat and people are still lining up around the globe for a shot at it A movie star may seem like a poor substitute for a real hero but he in fact has done more than anything to knock real heroes out of the box What could maybe sentimental sugabout this Nowadays no gestion sooner does a celebrity bite the dust than we ransack his belongings past for signs of disgrace OK we are not children we don’t need our dead prettied up for display A fine book like Joe Klein’s Woody Guthrie: A Life gives it to us straight anyone do in actual life to match what bite the dust than we ransack his belongings his whole past for signs of disgrace” John Wayne did in a single movie? When they made a film about a genuine war hero Audie Murphy it seemed pale stuff next to anything of Errol Where Audie would say a sniper’s nest Errol would capture capture 12 Audie s whole war would have been barely a morning’s work for the wheezing out-o- f shape Flynn The poverty of real life lost out some time ago to the opulence of Special Effects and the imagination doesn’t always make fine distinctions: John Wayne was a hero to millions of people inspiring and guiding them so help me as if the men he played were real This isn’t altogether bad There are lots of heroes we don’t want in real life if we can help it: war heroes fastest guns in the West etc I for one was quite happy to have John Wayne confined to the screen Even the real heroes we ought to have spiritual leaders like Mother Teresa or politicians with integrity may function better with a little less fuss than they deserve It’s hard for even a saint to concentrate while being interviewed for his-whol- “No sooner does a celebrity Flynn’s -- RICHLY TANNED KITTEN-SOFLEATHERCRAFTED INTO THE MOST EFFICIENT ORGANIZERWALLET EVER! 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