Actor / Director Clint Eastwood has once again told a story that is worth every minute of the 116 minutes of runtime it took to another of his well told tales.
Where do you stand on the Transgender Issue now that the issue has gotten to the overt point of the open celebration of this lifestyle choice, dictated by certain direct and explicit actions.
84.13% I do not approve of behavior that has within its expressed tenants policies that harm children.
14.29% I do support the Trans Community in all its many facets because diversity is at a premium in today's society.
1.59% What is a "Children's Drag Queen Story Hour?"
The neighborhood barbershop (above), owned by Martin, John Carroll Lynch, is an iconic fixture that every young man of substance must learn to navigate in Walt's oldened-day world. So it is Thao, played by Bee Vang, if he is to transition to Walt's world, which is all Walt knows to teach, and Thao better learn fast if he is to survive evil that is so prevalent here in the dying Detroit: Below.
Film maker Eastwood once said, "Most people who'll remember me, if at all, will remember me as an action guy, which is OK. There's nothing wrong with that. But there will be a certain group which will remember me for the other films, the ones where I took a few chances. At least, I like to think so."
Every real man knows that growing into a man is real work, and Walt Kowalski, Actor Eastwood, is well in the the knowledge that the surest path to manhood is one learning the meaning of industrious behavior, and how that lifestyle helps one to function as an asset to one's immediate society. Thao, Bee Vang, has the perfect professor for this life lesson: Above.
Gran Torino is that film. It will be a classic film that is not about a classic car, it is about a classic American, Walt Kowalski, and moreover, a classic film maker, Clint Eastwood.
