{"id":7285,"date":"2023-01-29T13:18:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T19:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interestingauthors.com\/blog\/?p=7285"},"modified":"2023-01-29T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T19:18:51","slug":"public-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interestingauthors.com\/blog\/film-reviews\/public-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Review\u00a0\u2014 Public Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/span>\n\n\n\n

Public Enemies<\/a><\/em> is a really great film that is even better to watch now. Before the booze and the drugs took him, Johnny Depp really could act. Before he was making headlines with domestic abuse<\/a>, he was something to watch on the screen. This movie is a shining example of that. You can also watch this movie for free on Roku<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before actors started demanding north of $20 million per picture, studios used to assemble large ensemble casts and tell sweeping stories. This movie is from that time. Jason Clark<\/a> delivers an amazing subdued performance as “Red.” If you don’t recognize the name you will recognize the actor from Zero Dark Thirty<\/a><\/em>. Too many of today’s actors want to mash the pedal to the mettle, he is an actor with throttle control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find it amazing nobody talks about Carey Mulligan<\/a> as Carol Slayman, girlfriend of John Dillinger. That girl can act! More on her in a bit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Background<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Kids today need to watch Public Enemies<\/em> to understand what today’s criminal world has wrong. You also need to understand what your grandparents went through. The Great Depression<\/a> began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. The Prohibition Era<\/a> began in 1920 with the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and ended when the 21st Amendment was ratified on December 5, 1933.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were given the Prohibition Era by the Christian Taliban, which has had many names such as Moral Majority, over the years. People didn’t pay that much attention to federal elections. This allowed a small terrorist cell to have an out-sized influence in Washington. Wayne B. Wheeler<\/a> was one of the more well known Christian Taliban, celebrating Prohibition with prayer meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loose credit allowed average citizens to buy stocks on margin creating a massive stock bubble and a period of time known as The Roaring Twenties<\/a>. For the first time working stiffs could make money via a means other than their jobs. Like all stock market bubbles it was fueled with cheap stupid money and people chasing returns. Nobody knew the Wall Street Mantra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bulls get fat. Bears get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.<\/p>\nWall Street Mantra<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We Like to Drink<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The simple fact is Americans and most cultures like to drink. If you choose not to that is fine, just don’t touch my booze. The Christian Taliban were, and still are, intent on committing The Ultimate Sin of Man<\/a>. God said to “love one another” and for thousands of years religious leaders have ordered men to slaughter one another over how it was said. If you don’t believe in my God and my interpretation then you are unfit to live. Thus is the fundamental belief of the Christian Taliban. Pity thou who duth not look like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like all grand experiments put forth by the Christian Taliban, it failed spectacularly. Not only did it fail, it did more to drive people away from religion, governments, and society than any other such failure. It gave the world International Organized Crime<\/a>. Booze was only illegal in America. There was money to be made smuggling it in and churches had an exception for alter wine which many sold on the black market. Praise Jesus! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Prohibition ended, these organizations had become addicted to the money. Since they already had the smuggling pipelines, they started bringing in “the drug.” (Opium and all its derivatives.) Ironically, much Opium comes from lands currently held by the actual Taliban today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Crash<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Men On A Bread Line Photograph by Everett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

You who are young and do not study history cannot understand this. You have no frame of reference. Prior to the stock market crash there were no social programs. There was no health insurance, welfare, social security, or Medicaid. If you couldn’t pay cash for food or healthcare you starved and died. Charity organizations set up bread and\/or soup kitchens. Outside of them you found lines like the image above in every city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of you just went through the COVID-19 Pandemic. It isn’t over, but we are past the nationwide lock-downs. Many of you saw some thing similar outside of charity food pantries. What you saw was after<\/strong><\/em> social programs and government checks kicked in. Think for a moment what the pandemic would have been like without all of those social programs “conservatives” keep trying to defund and eliminate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bank Runs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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