What makes some feel betrayed and angry after seeing "Million Dollar Baby" is exactly what makes many more stop and think: one of Hollywood's most durable cowboys is saying that it's not always morning in America, and that it may take more than faith to get us through the night.

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] I never thought about the political side of this when
] making the film," Mr. Eastwood says. He is both bemused
] and concerned that a movie with no political agenda
] should be construed by some as a polemic and arouse such
] partisan rage. "Maybe I'm getting to the age when I'm
] starting to be senile or nostalgic or both, but people
] are so angry now," he adds. "You used to be able to
] disagree with people and still be friends. Now you hear
] these talk shows, and everyone who believes differently
] from you is a moron and an idiot - both on the right and
] the left."