" . . . and after one week (working in the coal mines), they are old men," John Goronwy Jones informs newcomer Ms. L.C. Moffat in this made-for-television Warner Bros. DocuExposeWarning from the late 1970s. Even with its TV fare such as THE CORN IS GREEN, Warner could not help being blessed (or cursed, depending on how you look at it) with the gift of prophetic foresight. Though there may be a few casual viewers who'll see this as merely a Corny Period Piece, most astute fans of director George Cukor will find kernels of Truth about West Virginia's Coal Miners, Hillary Clinton, and Forced Birthing popping around in their noggins as they savor CORN. U.S. Industrial Historians teach us that Life's always been Cheap in Coal Country, with 100 American Black Lungers dying underground in sudden "accidents" for every worker perishing down below in a normal mine, because Corrupt People-Killing Fat Cat Capitalists always have controlled BOTH the miners and the coal miners' union (if any). When Hillary tried to disconnect from her life support tubes long enough to save the miners for Posterity in 2016, they rejected her just as harshly as miner "Morgan Evans" turns upon the palsied Ms. Moffat in CORN. Shortly after this betrayal, little Bessie Muffet sits on Morgan's Tuffet. The resulting Forced Birth saddles octogenarian L.C. with a squalling, dirty-diapered baby amid her GOLDEN POND years, which is Warner's Way of warning Today's Seniors that U.S. Strongman Putin plans to soon yank away their Medicare and Social Security, leaving them to die in the traces as the Russian Peasantry always has done.
Review of The Corn Is Green
The Corn Is Green
(1979 TV Movie)
"Around here, (boys) are only children until they are 12 . . . "
25 February 2017
Warning: Spoilers