A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles h | dG1fZ0ZTV09oQUJLLUE
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00:01Now, I wrote down something he said of you.
00:05My impressions of Hank are of a man reaching but unreachable.
00:09Gentle but capable of a sudden wild and dangerous violence.
00:14Sharply critical of others but equally self-critical.
00:18Caged and fighting the bars but timid of the light.
00:22Viciously opposed to external restraint, imposing an iron slavery on himself.
00:28His face is a picture of opposites in conflict.
00:34Is he accurate?
00:37So the style acts worse, I would never think of me when I read those stories.
00:43I've been solicited by many friends to become a candidate for that politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
00:52I ain't communist but I'm called a radical and a rebel most of the time, politically.
00:59Reagan upsets me so that it's hard to talk about.
01:03I think we're headed for disaster.
01:06You have no sense of responsibility toward anybody or anything.
01:13And that is a tragedy in a man and it is a disaster in a president.
01:19Mr. Fonda, I proudly present you with your next career.
01:24President of the United States.
01:27President of the United States.
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