John Wayne Playboy Interview

After reading this interview, I feel as though I was reading about a celebrity, not a cowboy. I have a lot of personal biases about this due to bad experiences, but it truly shocked me that John Wayne was a heavy drinker. Not only that, but the man did pot and opium, too! That, more than anything, totally knocked me off my horse (pun intended >_<"). This idea that cowboys are more entertainers than heroes really reverberates here, since Playboy normally does celebrity interviews and they got one with John Wayne. They eventually got through all of the major topics that they would have gotten through while interviewing a normal celebrity, too. Things like "How do you feel about this?" and "How are the addictions going?" that many celebrities avoid answering to protect their image. John Wayne just came out with a bunch of this stuff, though, as if he had no interest in defending his own image. I found that to be interesting, too. Finally, just as a funny note, did anybody else think that it was hilarious when Playboy asked John Wayne what he thought was perverted? I just felt it to be ironic, that's all.