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Teasle uses "Vagrancy" to book him, but not before, so it's still murky (California Law was explicit in the Lawson case)
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: To what degree is Teasle incurring in misfeasance by kicking Rambo out of town? The Sheriff is unable to invoke any ordinance or law against Rambo, resorting instead to [[IAmTheNoun arrogating himself as the law]]. This establishes him as a DirtyCop, but Teasle also claims that he represents the wishes of the community regarding the removal of undesirables. This would entail him to be somewhat of a quasi-judiciary authority on consuetudinary grounds.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Rambo being arrested for vagrancy seems like DisproportionateRetribution today, but it was legitimately a criminal offence in the post-Vietnam years. The novel includes a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer in the foreword of more recent editions. In 1983, the Supreme Court would find such "Vagrancy" laws unconstitutionally vague in Kolender v. Lawson, ruling that they were essentially blank checks to let local law enforcement arrest almost anyone they wanted to, like in this movie.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Rambo being arrested for vagrancy seems like DisproportionateRetribution today, but it was legitimately a criminal offence in the post-Vietnam years. The novel includes a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer in the foreword of more recent editions. In 1983, the Supreme Court would find such "Vagrancy" laws unconstitutionally vague in Kolender v. Lawson, ruling that they were essentially blank checks to let local law enforcement arrest almost anyone they wanted to, like in this movie.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: To what degree is Teasle incurring in misfeasance by kicking Rambo out of town? The When first asked, the Sheriff is unable to invoke any ordinance or law against Rambo, Rambo (which did exist at the time), resorting instead to [[IAmTheNoun arrogating himself as the law]]. This establishes him as a DirtyCop, but Teasle also claims that he represents the wishes of the community regarding the removal of undesirables. This would entail him to be somewhat of a quasi-judiciary authority on consuetudinary grounds.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Rambo being arrested for vagrancy seems like DisproportionateRetribution today, but it was legitimately a criminal offence in the post-Vietnam years. The novel includes a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer in the foreword of more recent editions. In 1983, the Supreme Court would find such "Vagrancy" laws unconstitutionally vague in Kolender v. Lawson, ruling that they were essentially blank checks to let local law enforcement arrest almost anyone they wanted to,like in this movie. which Teasle uses as justification after the fact.
* AluminiumChristmasTrees: Rambo being arrested for vagrancy seems like DisproportionateRetribution today, but it was legitimately a criminal offence in the post-Vietnam years. The novel includes a NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer in the foreword of more recent editions. In 1983, the Supreme Court would find such "Vagrancy" laws unconstitutionally vague in Kolender v. Lawson, ruling that they were essentially blank checks to let local law enforcement arrest almost anyone they wanted to,
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: To what degree is Teasle incurring in misfeasance by kicking Rambo out of town? The Sheriff is unable to invoke any ordinance or law against Rambo, resorting instead to [[IAmTheNoun arrogating himself as the law]]. This establishes him as a DirtyCop, but Teasle also claims that he represents the wishes of the community regarding the removal of undesirables. This would entail him to be somewhat of a quasi-judiciary authority on consuetudinary grounds.
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** The movie does not explore the causes or reasons for the Vietnam War, how one feels about that is irrelevant. But Vietnam veterans went through hell and they deserve to be treated with respect and sympathy.
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* ValuesDissonance: Rambo's infamous end-movie rant includes the long-debunked "War protesters spitting on returning veterans" and "They wouldn't let us win" narratives propped up by warhawks and opponents of the Antiwar movement.
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** When Rambo ambushes the deputies and gives them all non-lethal wounds. No reason to believe the events aren’t happening in real-time and it takes him three minutes to take out eight armed men. While previous events made it clear that he was well trained, it’s from this moment on that you realize he’s a killing machine when he wants to be.
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** "''In town, you're the law; out here, it's me.''" So, what Rambo's basically saying here is [[Film/JudgeDredd "I AM THE LAW!"]]
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* FridgeBrilliance: Due to Trautman's Korean War service as stated in AllThereInTheManual, aside from his 'Nam service and Teasle's Korean War service, one has to think why Teasle has a better relationship with Trautman despite Trautman's Vietnam service (that Teasle dislikes in others like Rambo), is probably because Teasle saw Trautman as a fellow Korean War veteran kindred spirit to get along better than sole 'Nam vets.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film was enormously successful in Turkey. In Istanbul, one of the major cinemas of the city showed this film for over 50 weeks, despite strong rivals such as ''Film/{{Shogun}}'' playing at the same time.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The film was enormously successful in Turkey. In Istanbul, one of the major cinemas of the city showed this film for over 50 weeks, despite strong rivals such as ''Film/{{Shogun}}'' playing at the same time.
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* FridgeBrilliance: Due to Trautman's Korean War service as stated in AllThereInTheManual, aside from his 'Nam Vietnam service and Teasle's Korean War service, one has to think why Teasle has a better relationship with Trautman despite Trautman's Vietnam service (that Teasle dislikes in others like Rambo), is probably because Teasle saw Trautman as a fellow Korean War veteran kindred spirit to get along better than sole 'Nam vets.
Vietnam vets.
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** The film was enormously successful in Turkey. In Istanbul, one of the major cinemas of the city showed this film for over 50 weeks, despite strong rivals such as ''Film/{{Shogun}}'' playing at the sametime.time.
** The film was also very popular in China, being one of the first Hollywood blockbusters to be released in the country. It sold 76 million tickets there, a record for an American film which lasted until 2018.
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** The film was enormously successful in Turkey. In Istanbul, one of the major cinemas of the city showed this film for over 50 weeks, despite strong rivals such as ''Film/{{Shogun}}'' playing at the same
** The film was also very popular in China, being one of the first Hollywood blockbusters to be released in the country. It sold 76 million tickets there, a record for an American film which lasted until 2018.
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* ValuesResonance: While this certainly wasn't ignored during it's initial release, the message about PTSD in veterans was sometimes dismissed as melodramatic by critics, especially the scene where Rambo unloads all of his trauma from the war at Trautman. Now, the film is often praised for its fairly accurate portrayal of PTSD, and the early criticisms are now seen as an example of MenDontCry.
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* ValuesResonance: While this certainly wasn't ignored during it's its initial release, the message about PTSD in veterans was sometimes dismissed as melodramatic by critics, especially the scene where Rambo unloads all of his trauma from the war at Trautman. Now, the film is often praised for its fairly accurate portrayal of PTSD, and the early criticisms are now seen as an example of MenDontCry.
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** Rambo telling Teasle to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 "Let it go, let it go"]] at the end of his threat.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The film's exploration of society's treatment of war veterans is timeless, but one thing that stands out is Rambo being arrested for "vagrancy", a crime which was struck down as unconstitutional in the 1983 Supreme Court case Kolender v. Lawson, which found such crimes to be overly vague to the point that they gave the police excessive powers, a point that the film itself highlights.
