I was watching an old Hopalong film and thought maybe I’d like to read one of the old books the film character came from. I found that in the books he isn’t the amiable and gallant knight of the films. He was a crude and rough cowboy. In reading some of the critiques of the books, I came across this idiotic gem for a book written in 1911.

“ Then there’s undertones of misogyny, racism, toxic masculinity (where men have to be macho and hide their emotions) and, guns galore.”

I can’t think of a better plug for a book.

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Posted by Kafka

I am the moral conscience of TD

Member since Jul 2007

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Posted on 2/25/21 at 11:05 pm to mauser

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I was watching an old Hopalong film and thought maybe I’d like to read one of the old books the film character came from. I found that in the books he isn’t the amiable and gallant knight of the films.

An illustration for a 1905 story:

The character in Hollywood:

In 1949 the old movies began being aired on TV, and Hoppy became the new medium's first marketing sensation, selling over $70M worth of merchandise in 1950 alone. This was the first proof of TV's spectacular potential as a selling tool, a lesson quickly learned by Hollywood producers such as Walt Disney.

Documentary on Hopalong Cassidy (watch on YouTube)

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Posted by JohnnyT

Central Texas

Member since Feb 2005

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Posted on 2/27/21 at 7:55 am to mauser

PSA - the Kindle version of Bar-20 Days is free and there's a trilogy including it for $0.99. I looked it up after your post piqued my interest as I've never read one of those books. Thanks for posting.

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