Conservatives often bemoan their cultural losses — and not entirely without reason. Hollywood, academia, and the media lean liberal. Yet every now and then, a quiet victory sneaks through, wrapped in a film that may not “own the libs” but hums with values conservatives should instantly recognize. Rather than taking the win, many on the Right recoil — letting it slip away and, in the process, projecting cultural impotence.

History is instructive. Consider the Elvis-induced moral panic of the 1950s. PTA moms fainted in their pews, and politicians threatened to have him arrested. It seems laughable now, but at the time, the hip-swinging kid from Tupelo was cast as a threat to decency. In reality, he was a good ol’ Southern boy who loved his mama, served his country, and later tried deputizing himself as President Richard Nixon’s top hippie hunter — free of charge. We all know how that story ended: His detractors faded into irrelevance, and he became the King.