The Juggler (1953)
8/10
It's been said that "The Hoods die young . . . "
15 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
. . . which is a powerful message borne out by THE JUGGLER. Filmed in the midst of "Mad Dog McCarthy's" HUAC Witch Hunts, THE JUGGLER (aka, "Kirk") stood virtually alone against the HUAC Hoods. But look at them Today (1/15/2020): Snitch Marion Mitchell "Duke the Dog" Morrison, long gone. Snitch War Bonds, gone West in a distant yesteryear. Directorial snitches Ford, Capra and Kazan: all deceased. Gun-promoting snitches Reagan, Heston and Hopper: nothing but gun-smoke now! Such snitch clans as The Barrymore-s and the Rogers, gone and all but forgotten. However, THE JUGGLER himself is still chugging along at age 103, as his lessons in courage march along in stride. Most important is to "Make Love, Not War!" Though THE JUGGLER hangs around with that kibbutz wench long enough to pop out four or five tykes, she's all blather but no babes! Sure enough, Real Life has followed suit, as this barren broad's nation is about to be swallowed up by its surrounding sea of more prolific people. Perhaps more important is Lesson #2: "Snitches Get Stitches!" THE JUGGLER suffers his tribulations in a Paranoid Police State, in which half of the other characters go out of their way to turn stool pigeon on him. Just as "A house divided against itself cannot stand," Mr. Lennon sang "Hey Jude, you're the dude who can imagine all these lonely people, if they've lied."
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