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This article was originally published on May 19, 2019.
With thenewRoad Housenow streaming on Prime Video, this ode to the originals sex symbol has been republished.
LOL, just kidding, Patrick Swayze rips a dudes throat out and does tai chi.
Did you see that scene inA Star Is Born?
It would have been a very different film if you had.
Road Houses Wade Garrett is, to be honest, kind of a sleazeball.
A legendary (!)
Hes sexual in a way movie mentors often dont get to be.
Wade Garrett: Has no boundaries!
Wade Garrett: Doesnt wear underwear!
Hes talking about your penis.Do something.
One gets the sense that Wades seduction is supposed to be endearing.
LOL, this old guys hitting on Patrick Swayzes girlfriend.
Nice try, gramps!
On paper, sure.
But then Herrington went and cast Sam Elliott, whose innate warmth and decency tempers Garretts more scumbag-adjacent characteristics.
At one point, he stopsjustshort of referring to a woman as a cunt.
And again: He exposes himself to a woman he barely knows.
My underwear: Same as Wade Garretts.
The exchange that occurs immediately before said dick-punching (You wanna fight, dickless?
Well I sure aint gonna show you my dick.)
is somehow imbued with (dare I say it) almost a sense ofdignityby Elliotts smooth-yet-rough delivery.
Forget whether or not Deckard fromBlade Runneris a replicant: This is the true mystery of film.
And then theres Dalton, who does not know how to dress.
The Applebees-esque corporate nightmare causes Wade to derisively (accurately!)
term it the Double Douche.
And Wadedoesnt even sound like a douche calling something a douche.
The question is no question at all.
