The Fredösphere

Terry Teachout saw a revival of 12 Angry Men performed on stage recently, and gives us his reaction here. That reminded me of the movie version, which in turn reminded me of another Fonda movie with a similar name: For some reason, 12 Angry Mennonites never really caught on with the public in the way that 12 Angry Men did. In fact, if you go to imdb.com you will see that no one has ever bothered to create a page for it. Fonda was a surprising choice for a role that portrays a Mennonite - turned - vigilante impaling scores of bad guys on a pitchfork, complete with lots of blood & gore. Apparently the director saw a rage in Fonda's audition that was lacking when Charles Bronson, Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger et al. tried out for the part.