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Clint Eastwood style

Jim Dalling
May 31, 2021
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Start by putting this youtube on your youtube machine:

Or?

Feel classical more?

This then:

Next?

Acquire: Double-action, Smith & Wesson Model 29

Then?

Find: Kitten.

Tell kitten: Ask self question? You feel lucky?

Warning: Kitten mostly lucky.

Also?

Licky.

Kitten lick gun.

Me?

No thumbs.

Kitten?

Still around.

Me?

Make mew plan

Serve with humility


One Derful Thing

We tell the same stories over and over again. Dirty Hairy was a neo-noir film. As such, you’ll find many of its story elements in Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy.

The most important element in an Elizabethan Revenge Tragedy? A central character who has a serious grievance against a formidable opponent.

This is essentially the plot of Dirty Hairy. In Dirty Hairy, Clint has to hunt down a psychopath. The only way to end the terror? In cold blood.

These are not gentle stories. And they persist.

Who for you right now is the “psychopath” you’re facing?

Ok. So if you’re not facing a psychopathic supervillain, who currently is the biggest pain in your ass?

Imagine meeting them with Clint Eastwood standing behind you holding onto his double action Smith and Wesson Model 29.

I’m not a gun person.

Not a film guy either.

More of a character person.

And the character Dirty Hairy?

He’s mean.

I would love to have that guy watching my back.

So. When you gotta talk to that dingus, pretend Dirty Hairy’s got your back.

And every now and then think to yourself:

Do you feel lucky, punk?

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Heather Anne
May 31, 2021Liked by Jim Dalling

My Dad looked like Clint Eastwood and was About 25% Dirty Harry. His nature demanded some respect and he was a bit broken, like Harry.

But I do walk around like someone Dirty Harryesque has my back. That's the annoying thing about some people: we believe that the most powerful force in the universe, sometimes referred to as The Universe, is with us all the time.

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