Huh. Yes, this image was striking in its audacity. Didn’t some of the media narrative around Obama’s run to the Whitehouse rework this narrative a little? The Key version of the Mr Smith imaginary is notable for its accecntuated whiteness IMO, with all the complex connotations that this carries with it.
Is that Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable?
Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur.
But the real star, as always, was Frank Capra.
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Huh. Yes, this image was striking in its audacity. Didn’t some of the media narrative around Obama’s run to the Whitehouse rework this narrative a little? The Key version of the Mr Smith imaginary is notable for its accecntuated whiteness IMO, with all the complex connotations that this carries with it.
Right you are…