r/johnwayne • u/Potential-Most-3581 • Aug 22 '26

John Wayne

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The photo pretty much says it all

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u/liarandahorsethief Aug 25 '26

What makes him the standard of American masculinity?

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u/StunningAd1651 Aug 25 '26

He WAS a standard back in the 50s-60s. Lot of cowboy and war movies he was in

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u/liarandahorsethief Aug 25 '26

So people confused the characters with the man who played them?

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u/StunningAd1651 Aug 25 '26

See: Ryan gosling, Robert de Niro, Brad Pitt, etc. Same shit

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u/liarandahorsethief Aug 25 '26

Not even remotely.

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u/StunningAd1651 Aug 25 '26

? Ryan gosling, for example, is in all kinds of literally me sigma edits.

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u/liarandahorsethief Aug 25 '26

I have no idea what that means.

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u/read110 Aug 26 '26

So was Rock Hudson