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General Category => Literature, Music, Art & Entertainment => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 02, 2016, 11:00:37 PM

Title: Women characters in Westerns
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 02, 2016, 11:00:37 PM

Found this an interesting article


https://multiglom.com/2015/12/14/westward-the-women-ten-women-in-westerns/

Title: Re: Women characters in Westerns
Post by: Harrowby Hall on October 03, 2016, 09:42:05 AM

Would "Annie Get Your Gun" count as a western?

Title: Re: Women characters in Westerns
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 03, 2016, 09:53:54 AM

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on October 03, 2016, 09:42:05 AM

Would "Annie Get Your Gun" count as a western?

Calamity Jane is included in the article, so yes

Title: Re: Women characters in Westerns
Post by: Gonnagle on October 03, 2016, 10:31:20 AM

Dear Sane,

Why do you find it interesting? And where is any mention of Maureen O'Hara.

Big Jake, McLintock, Rio Grande, The Deadly Companions, The Red Head from Wyoming, Comanche Territory, War Arrow.

Just a few of the many ::)

Of course your link does mention Jane russell  :-* :-* :P :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7v3d_lJ6UKk&list=PLE2OlHmyaCnZilNApuk0zFe-x38AjXoPN

Was Son of Pale Face a real Western 8)

Gonnagle.

Title: Re: Women characters in Westerns
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 03, 2016, 10:41:59 AM

Interesting because it's not something I've seen a lot of discussion about in terms of westerns, and that as one person's take on it, it throws up various questions, like your own about Maureen O'Hara. Or indeed are Son of Paleface, Annie Get Your Gun 'real' westerns?

Due to the nature of the films, women's roles have tended to be underwritten, and even when not, mainly ignored. I remember going to see Unforgiven, and while one could feel that it was a valiant attempt at reinvigorating the western, the women's roles, were basically as commodities.