Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?
What did he mean by this?
>>63057732
What did he actually mean though? The line makes no fucking sense. What does "is this me" mean?
>>63057732
This is the first time this question needs to be answered.
>>63057732
Holy fuck. What did he mean by this? And please, no dumb frogposteers.
>>63056135
John Wayne was a big supporter of the Vietnam war even making an appearance on Laugh In which at the time was a left wing comedy show and largely against the war. While on the show he did a bit where he reads poetry in support of the war. He also made a Vietnam war movie. I always thought Joker was asking himself "Have I become John Wayne and am I alignrf with his ideals enough to be a soldier."
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>>63058162
Shit.
i mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3woEDTUbDYg
>>63058116
Why would he say it out loud tho?
>>63058162
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For fuck's sake anon
Who the fuck said that?
>>63058187
This shit is funny as it is, now you obliterated my sides
>>63057813
>I've always wondered what that line meant in Full Metal Jacket when Joker says "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?"It's all there in Gustav Hasford's book "The Short-Timers", the book Kubrick adapted to make Full Metal Jacket (which is out of print but available on Gustav Hasford's website to read for free).
>According to the book it's Cowboy who makes that remark to Sergeant Hartman, implying that Sergeant Hartman thinks he's a cowboy like John Wayne. Here is the excerpt from the book (Joker is the narrator):
>A wiry little Texan in horn-rimmed glasses the guys are already calling "Cowboy" says, "Is that you, John Wayne? Is this me?" Cowboy takes off his pearl-gray Stetson and fans his sweaty face. I laugh. Years of high school drama classes have made me a mimic. I sound exactly like John Wayne as I say: "I think I'm going to hate this movie." Cowboy laughs. He beats his Stetson on his thigh.
>>63058197
B-bbut. I-i'm oldfag, s-sempai. Really.
>>63058188
As a watermark for the viewer and or reader. Showing the military's' ability to re-task and re-sign the psyche with its own indoctrinations. The marines break down then build back up a person. It was in the book so Kubrik could have been making fun of the Author or it struck him as poignant. I wonder of anyone asked him in an interview.
