We Need to Talk About Western Movies & GenX/Boomer Men
6 min readJun 4, 2022
John Wayne, was a draft dodger; and that’s ok. Not all men are built for war, some are only built for acting.
And I’m not saying this as an insult to people who like his movies, or people who even remotely identify with the deceased actor John Wayne. His filmography spans a great deal, as did many actors who did westerns as he did. But he did dodge the draft for the…