Cultural References
Doc Sportello, the protagonist in Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, discusses his film appearances throughout the book. The John Prine song "The Late John Garfield Blues" is inspired by Garfield. He is also mentioned by John Prine in the song "Picture Show" from Prine's Grammy Award winning album "The Missing Years".
John Garfield is the subject of English playwright Roy Smiles's play The Fallen Sparrow.
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“The primary function of myth is to validate an existing social order. Myth enshrines conservative social values, raising tradition on a pedestal. It expresses and confirms, rather than explains or questions, the sources of cultural attitudes and values.... Because myth anchors the present in the past it is a sociological charter for a future society which is an exact replica of the present one.”
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