Rancho Deluxe

Mr Jeff 'Mullet' Bridges is an American Acting Icon with a Colourful Career that not too many People realise 'stretches back ' a long way - looking at Pictures of Jeff gives a wrong idea of the inner workings
of this gifted Actor the one above is 17 yrs out of date but in the mind of the Public He is always Jeff 'the Dude'.

  Current Pictures available show an Older Wiser Visage But Copyright stops Me Posting them here.

In 1974/5 Bachelor Jeffrey  met His Beautiful , Patient and Highly intelligent future Wife Susan whilst filming the now largely forgotten Movie 'Rancho Deluxe' which is about Cattle Rustling and Itinerant Thievery.
In many interviews the Old Mullet recounts 'Parrot-like' His Scripted version of events but seldom mentions the fact that He and a Pal travelled around in a Van on the lookout for potential Female Companionship and after Playing the Part of the 'Nervous Suitor' eventually persuaded Black Eyed Susan [ for some reason She had Black Eyes at the time? I think some kind of Auto accident but not sure?]into being His Spouse. His Mother tried to
explain to Susan that Jeffrey had 'Aboulia' and was emotionally 'unstable' but despite everything They
lived happily ever after. If Jeffrey's Mother was aware of the Term 'Aboulia' She must have had Professional Specialised knowledge of the condition from Medical Advisors 
[Kunkel was a famous Psychiatrist]
The 'Big Lebowski' Character is probably Jeffrey's Germanic [Pomeranian]Grandfather on His Dad's side as the Theatre references all originate from Childhood Experiences/Memories. 
[Maud doing Her 'Action Painting' is being hoisted by the same apparatus developed and used for the first time Onstage in 'Peter Pan' by Barrie and 'Maud' is a Theatre Term for an effeminate Male Actor] Lloyd Bridges came from a family of Theatre Owners in California
and may have had a 'Fallout' with His Family over Politics? or more likely Religion.. Jeff probably
spent much time 'Backstage' amongst the 'Dummies/ Props' as a Child where He would learn much
about 'Vaudeville' etc and where He would develop a love for 'Dressing Up' 'Disguises' and suchlike
which would serve Him well in later years.. Backstage Set Construction/Carpentry 'Smoke and Mirrors'
and all the Tricks of the Acting Trade...'Super Trooper' being a Spotlight originally invented by Maud Adams[the first US 'peter Pan Actor]-Wind Machines etc


Mr Bridges wears a slightly too small for His  Head ? 'Cowboy' Hat in this Montana-Filmed offering which has had 'Mixed' Reviews from Critics- none of  whom blame the Actors -rather the somewhat  erratic Director comes in for a slagging. Unlike those Hats not everything is Black and White
I'm mentioning this as a Van and  A Cowboy Hat appear in other Movies made by Mr Bridges and Montana is the setting for 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' [TBL]My Personal Favourite Movie made by the 
Californian and without doubt worthy of an Oscar [as He says Himself He didn't know what TF He was doing at the time so unwittingly gave the best Performance ever]
 Memories of these times could perhaps re-appear Unconsciously in laterYears
 in the Stressful Business of trying to Entertain the Public.[the 'Moguls' 2005 was called 'The Amateurs' here in UK with Mr Bridges  as 'Sargentee' and 'Some Idiot' Actor Joe Pantolino ? the actual Character names contain 'Duplex' , ie; Argent=Silver [latin] etc
'Rancho Deluxe'[literal 'De Luxe' of light] has a tenuous link to another Movie of the 'Film Noir' [literal Noir= Black in French ] Genre, made in 1952 'Rancho Notorious' with prolific Actor Arthur Kennedy
I'm Rambling again.. what I originally wanted to Post was about the Mis-Representation of Native Americans with regards to the Historical development of the Country as noted by Authors of that time..
The 19th Century Pre 'Civil War'

Richard Henry Dana was an American  'Transcendentalist' Author who is perhaps most famous for His 'Two Years Before the Mast'  which is an accurate Biographical account of  the Journey from Boston Mass.  to the then largely unknown Region called 'California'  in 1840's .
In the days before the Panama Canal's opening  it was an extremely Hazardous Voyage as the 
'Rounding of the Horn ' sometimes produced the very worst Weather conditions imaginable.
Dana was another 'Fortunate Son' [educated by Ralph Waldo Emerson before being accepted into Harvard University] who joined the Merchant Marine ostensibly to cure an Eyesight condition after contracting Measles.
Some Literary Analysts make the connection to Dana 'inspiring' Melville's 'White Jacket' novel which 
is a lesser known  American Literary Classic.

Dana spoke a little Spanish and describes in detail meeting the 'Californios' who were mostly Indigenous Mexican
and expert Horsemen working on the 'Rancho's' 
He also noted that the 'Pueblo de Los Angeles' and the deep water Harbour  'San Diego' could at some 
future time be commercially  developed by the US Government.

The Modern Day Term 'Chumash' for the Original Natives of California is a European 
Bastardization of Language 
The name was chosen by explorer and linguist John Wesley Powell, from a word used by the Coastal Chumash to refer to the Indians of Santa Rosa Island, Tcú-mac. They also called the natives of Santa Cruz Island Mi-tcú-mac. Each of the groups had names for themselves. Later groups were named based on the mission territories they occupied (ObispeñoBarbareñoPurisimeño, etc.).  
  
The 'Chumash' are famous for Their 'Cave Art' which has been Studied and Discussed by various Academics- including Jungian Scholars


https://www.californiabeaches.com/attraction/chumash-painted-cave-state-historic-park/

the Designs are Symbolic and used in Traditional Story Telling etc
So the more You delve into True Provable History the more these Symbols keep re-appearing.
This Pic below has similar Symbol Structure as some of the Cave Art Pictured above

The Picture on the Frontispiece is by CG Jung the Clinical Psychotherapist who lived in Switzerland
whereas Edinger lived and taught in California . 

[Jung first noted that the Jellyfish [Radiolarian] was an Unconscious Dream Content Symbol with similar Geometric Structure]The California Trade in Leather 'Hides' as Documented by Dana is still ongoing and 'Cowboys' are now depicted as mostly Caucasian in Hollywood Productions after the Conquest of 'The West'.
[which was largely due to Railroad Expansion with cheap Chinese Labour] 

Of course 'Religion' travelled 'Westwards with the Wagons' too- completing a Circle of Colonization-Spanish-Mexican-American which left little room for the Original Caretakers of the Earth- the Indigenous Peoples

 Dana became a Lawyer and expert in Maritime Law and a Prominent Abolitionist but as far as I know never had dealings again with the 'Californios' or the 'Ranchos'

 
William F. Cody was born in Iowa in 1846 and later moved with his family to Kansas.
Cody left Kansas aged 11 to herd cattle and work as a driver on a wagon train. He went on to fur trapping and gold mining, and joined the Pony Express in 1860.
After the Civil War, Cody scouted for the Army and was nicknamed "Buffalo Bill".
Cody's 1st foray into the entertainment business was a 1872 show called 'The Scouts of the Prairie'.
Cody then organized his own troupe, the Buffalo Bill Combination. The show included Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack, and 'Wild Bill' Hickok.
Cody staged several plays until 1882 when the Wild West outdoor spectacle was born.
Buffalo Bill's Wild West used real cowboys and cowgirls. The shows demonstrated bronco riding, roping, and other skills.
The Wild West was invited to England in 1887 for Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee celebration. It returned two years later to tour Europe.

CHARGING THUNDER, A SIOUX , CAME WITH HIM AND STAYED AS A UK CITIZEN
FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northwest/series9/week_three.shtml


FOR SOME  AMERICAN KIDS 'COWBOYS' BECAME SYMBOLIC AND 'MYTHICAL' DUE TO INTENSE TV SATURATION AND SPIN OFF MERCHANDISING OF TOY GUNS ETC
IT IS INTERESTING THAT 'THE KNIGHT' OF EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGY IS READILY ACCEPTED AS BEING AN 'ENGLISH' LITERARY INVENTION IN TALES SUCH AS 'KING ARTHUR' AND 'ROUND TABLE' FICTION.
THE TRUTH IS 'KNIGHTS' WERE MOSTLY OF GERMANIC/EASTERN EUROPEAN ORIGINS
ESTEEMED FOR THEIR PROWESS IN SOME VERY BLOODY WARS 
ITS THE SAME WITH THE AMERICAN ARCHETYPAL 'COWBOY' WHICH IN REALITY
DERIVES FROM SPAIN AND ITS CONQUERED EMPIRE IN THE AMERICAS 

WORDS SUCH AS 'RANCH' ARE ACTUALLY OF SPANISH ORIGIN..


BUT AS THESE 'HERO' FIGURES REPRESENT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING IN THE DEVELOPING PSYCHE THEIR INFLUENCE ON SUBSEQUENT CREATIVITY IN ADULTHOOD CANNOT BE SIMPLY DISREGARDED

INSTEAD AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR 'RAISON D'ETRE' CAN SOMETIMES PROVE
USEFUL-WHAT IS THE KNIGHTS PURPOSE? ARE THESE CHARACTERS ALL CAUCASIAN? ABSOLUTELY NOT THERE WERE MANY BLACK OR PERSONS OF COLOUR KNIGHTS MORE THAN CAPABLE OF 
DEFEATING EUROPEAN ARMIES- MOST 'CRUSADES' WERE AGAINST THESE HIGHLY
ORGANISED AND TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED WARRIORS. JUST AS ONE IN THREE COWBOYS
 WERE 'OF COLOUR'- AND MANY WERE NATIVE AMERICAN 'INDIANS'

SO WHY DO 'SECRET SOCIETY' GROUPS LIKE TO CALL THEMSELVES 'KNIGHTS?'
THEIR 'CODES' OR 'RULEBOOKS' MAKE EXCLUSIONS BUT WHO IS THE  'ONE WHO WILL BENEFIT?' 

MOVIE MAKERS CREATED A COWBOY MONSTER ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR FINANCIAL PAYMASTERS AND EARLY DISTRIBUTION OF MOVIES WAS  PRETTY MUCH A CLOSED SHOP OF CINEMA OWNERS.
- A PERFECT WAY TO SPREAD NONSENSE HISTORY AND PROPAGANDA

 

GOERING THE NAZI 'IRON KNIGHT' AKA 'DER DICKE'

COWBOY MOVIES ARE INACCURATE IN MUCH THE SAME WAY AS 'FILM NOIR' GLAMOURIZES GANGSTERISM GUN OWNERSHIP AND MURDER. SO WHO IS THE ONE WHO WILL BENEFIT ? THE 'LOUISIANA PURCHASE' ACTUALLY  INCREASED THE LAND AREA OF THE USA BY A THIRD .
A 'DEPOSIT' IN GOLD OF 3 MILLION DOLLARS WAS PAID TO THE 'EMPORER' OF FRANCE BUT THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE WAS NEVER FULLY PAID AS NAPOLEON WAS OVERTHROWN IN EUROPE AND THE US FREEMASONS BECAME VERY RICH INDEED AS A RESULT...THE NATIVE AMERICANS KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THESE DEALS..AND STRENUOUS EFFORTS WERE MADE, AND ARE STILL BEING MADE TO 'COVER THE TRACKS' OF ONE OF HISTORY'S GREATEST CONS.

                
            
The 'West' was truly opened up with the advent of .....THE SANTA FE RAILWAY
Largely built with Chinese Labour -There were many Deaths and Injuries during Construction
and the Railway Companies built specialized Hospitals in various Locations- They even had Railway
Wagons converted to Mobile Hospitals to provide rapid Treatment for the Workforce.


Albuquerque NM has a famous WINE TRAIN to the Napa Valley these days .

Medical advances in the Treatment of POLIO advanced just as rapidly.

'DUDE' in Spanish has a similar Colloquial usage as 'AMIGO' in English- in other words to hear either
word in either Language would not be out of place and there would be automatic re-cognition.

THE RANCHO LOS AMIGOS was a 'COUNTY POOR FARM' in LOS ANGELES


 This Hospital treated Poor People's many ailments especially POLIO

but also HEAD TRAUMAS , DEAFNESS DUE TO HEAD TRAUMA, AND SYPHILITIC CONDITIONS. 

Ellen White https://www.nonegw.org/headinjury.shtml [for VEGANS] 

got hit in the head aged 9 with a Rock

David Bowie [Jones] got hit in the head age 14/15 with a Baseball as a Kid..

Persons had to endure long periods of confinement, here in Liverpool one of Ours -a certain
Mr Richard Starkey- also known as RINGO STARR spent two years in Hospital with Tuberculosis
as a Youngster..

to be continued...

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