6/10
DESERT COMMAND is a 72-minute "condensation" . . .
27 July 2016
Warning: Spoilers
. . . of the FOUR-HOUR, 12-part John Wayne serial, THE THREE MUSKETEERS. This movie also is an "Eastern." There are horse chases galore, and the Tribal Arabs behave just as Native Americans do in Westerns, with lots of drumming, smoke signals, and plotting against "Christians." It seems that this feature is suggesting that just as Native American Religions were outlawed, and the last group of Faithful Fundamentalist Ghost Dancers were mowed down with their women and children at Wounded Knee in 1890, the same measures must be taken against these Eastern Tribes, who drown people in cages, as U.S. Presidential Front Runner Donald Trump always is saying. It's easier to play Cowboys & Arabs, DESERT COMMAND reveals, than the more familiar game Cowboys & Indians because once guys don their white robes and start gargling their words in a deep voice, White Men are indistinguishable from North Africans. This is probably pretty effective with the Arab women folk, too, as Mr. Wayne looks downright fetching when he's sporting Osama Bin Laden garb.
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