i can find another wife easy, yes, but not a horse like that!
Let us just get right into this. We begin with Stagecoach (1939), directed by John Ford. A name we'll see again soon. We also see a bit of Monument Valley right away. That will be a familiar sight in the coming days. Same with John Wayne. A seeming conflict is set up right away--Geronimo is going to be involved. And, let us set up a regular commentary from Will Wright's (1975) Sixguns & Society: A Structural Study of the Western ... For most Americans, and for a large percentage of the world's population, this scene [I deliberately leave out the specific scene Wright is describing] is familiar, though few people have actually experienced it. It does not simply present a familiar setting, it envelopes the setting in social and moral meanings which are immediately understood. (p. 4) This is our genre. Something familiar even to those who have never really seen its exemplar. The scene literally tells a story... (Let's ignore the abuse of literally .) ...for i...