Anatomy Of An Action Hero - The War Years
Times change, tastes change, and styles change. And while the action movie has long been with us, so it has always reflected the zeitgeist.
Name: Lieutenant Bill Walker (if he’s a regular GI), Sergeant John M Stryker (if he’s a tough sort, capable of capturing Guadalcanal single-handedly), Squadron Leader Peter D Carter (if he’s a stiff-upper-lip Brit).
Home: Hell’s most shrapnel-ravaged foxhole. Or, in between chukkas, a tidy army barracks where all the paths are sided by whitewashed stones.
Work Environment: The open air, all climates, and always under heavy gunfire. Sure, he might spend the odd moment holed up in a bivouac, or chowing down in a mess hall, or receiving orders in an operations room but, on the whole, he’s far happier up to his knees in mud on the front line. In the pouring rain.
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