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329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2018 [2018/11/01 13:30] – [The "So, what?" question] 76.78.226.236329:question:329--week_9_questions_comments-2018 [2018/11/02 12:56] (current) – [The movie as a primary source of its time] wroszell
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 The death of Doc Holliday in the film--which in actuality, as others have already pointed out, did not occur at OK Corral, but of consumption in 1887--can be seen as the culmination of his long-standing disregard for his own life. Not until Chihuahua dies does Holliday approach Wyatt and offer to help him fight the Clantons at the OK Corral--not until his last hope for self-redemption had been denied. What does the fulfillment of this desire to seek out death mean about how mental illness was perceived at the time in which this movie was set, or the time in which it was made? ~Will Everett The death of Doc Holliday in the film--which in actuality, as others have already pointed out, did not occur at OK Corral, but of consumption in 1887--can be seen as the culmination of his long-standing disregard for his own life. Not until Chihuahua dies does Holliday approach Wyatt and offer to help him fight the Clantons at the OK Corral--not until his last hope for self-redemption had been denied. What does the fulfillment of this desire to seek out death mean about how mental illness was perceived at the time in which this movie was set, or the time in which it was made? ~Will Everett
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 +This movie did a great a job at painting a very white version of the west . It only mentioned one minority group that followed the stereotype of drunk Indians in saloons. It made no mention of the diverse populations that were migrating out west. Where are the non-white people at? –William Roszell
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 What this movie says about the 1940's is that people wanted to be entertained and wanted to celebrate classic American heroes. Westerns were very popular at this time because, as a genre, they generally take pride in America's past and focus on what we consider to be a very exciting time and place. The Wild West is heavily romanticized on screen. -Maddie Shiflett  What this movie says about the 1940's is that people wanted to be entertained and wanted to celebrate classic American heroes. Westerns were very popular at this time because, as a genre, they generally take pride in America's past and focus on what we consider to be a very exciting time and place. The Wild West is heavily romanticized on screen. -Maddie Shiflett 
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 This movie didn't seem like it was trying to present a complex image of it's characters in the way that more modern Western movies would try to do, like the Wyatt Earp film from 1994. It reflected the time period it was made in that I think people just really wanted to see a more black and white depiction of heroes and villains in 1946. They were going to the movies to be entertained. - Sam Hartz This movie didn't seem like it was trying to present a complex image of it's characters in the way that more modern Western movies would try to do, like the Wyatt Earp film from 1994. It reflected the time period it was made in that I think people just really wanted to see a more black and white depiction of heroes and villains in 1946. They were going to the movies to be entertained. - Sam Hartz
  
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 +My Darling Clementine is a classic western that attempts to depict the definition of what a manliness in 1940’s .–William Roszell
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