
Meet Juan Guaidó: Capra’s Depression-Era Comedy Rerun as Imperial Farce
Written by Dennis Broe
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In 1941, Frank Capra directed Meet John Doe, the last of his Depression-era populist trilogy, extolling the virtues of the common man and woman. In this film Gary Cooper, a down-on-his-luck hobo gets chosen by a newspaper magnate as the ultimate symbol of an America still ravaged by the economic…