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Originally Posted by steven clark
I'm not crazy about Dean one way or another. In his films he did okay, but I don't see the rosy image of rebellion most people see. Rebel Without a Cause was a seminal movie about teenage rebellion, when their rebellion was 'discovered' or manufactured...kind of both, because in the 50's, a distinctive youth culture came about through an affluent society.
I remember all the screeds against 'juvenile delinquency' at the time. Dean was a kind of mumbling, shrugging idol for this, although Brando was probably better, but he wasn't as young or faggy as Dean, and Dean was a kind of train wreck off camera.
Kids, like a lot of people, don't have much imagination, and just want to imitate
what's acceptable. Like Vincent Bugliosi said referring to Charles Manson, kids may seem to be searching, rebellious, and questioning, but by and large they're just looking for a leader.
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Since you used the expression 'juvenile delinquency' , made me think of this clip . . .
I truly like Russ Tamblyn's role as 'Riff' in this movie..
Separated at birth maybe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russ_Tamblyn
By the way, I think Tucker Smith , who played the role of 'Ice' in this movie , from the looks I think came close to Dean . . .
Always interesting to see so many 'petticoats' in movies , you know , what the 'rock 'n roll bitches' back in the 50s wore
Oh , and . . Why do some people in their posts here imply Dean may have been a homo ?
Haven't stumbled upon any claim of that sort ?
And . . making people aware of the fact that I started another thread here I concerning youth rebellion :
https://vnnforum.com/showthread.php?t=552151 