For decades, "The Duke" defined the Western genre. He played stoic, unflappable lawmen and cowboys in cinematic landmarks like _The Searchers_ and _Stagecoach_. And John Wayne delivered some of the most memorable lines out there.

But yesterday, I talked about a line from The Green Berets that I felt didn't work so werll given the context of the film and the year it came out.

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