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== 4 Public reaction/impact == | == 4 Public reaction/impact == | ||
| − | 'My Darling Clementine'' is probably just as inaccurate and damaging to our understanding of the Old West as ''Pocahontas'' is to our understanding of initial English settlement and European- Native relations if we isolate the two films. What distinguishes these two movies are their impacts on Americans’ understandings of the respective contexts covered by the films. ''Pocahontas'' is one of the few widely popularized versions of that period in our national history, whereas ''My Darling Clementine'' is simply another movie in a seemingly infinite line of films depicting the Old West. ''My Darling Clementine'' does not define how we understand the Old West as much as it simply adds to our distorted perception of the time. It can be argued that Pocahontas is the only representation many Americans have of the first wave of settlement by Europeans. Therefore, ''My Darling Clementine'' is as damaging as ''Pocahontas'', but less definitive. - Jason Ward | + | ''My Darling Clementine'' is probably just as inaccurate and damaging to our understanding of the Old West as ''Pocahontas'' is to our understanding of initial English settlement and European- Native relations if we isolate the two films. What distinguishes these two movies are their impacts on Americans’ understandings of the respective contexts covered by the films. ''Pocahontas'' is one of the few widely popularized versions of that period in our national history, whereas ''My Darling Clementine'' is simply another movie in a seemingly infinite line of films depicting the Old West. ''My Darling Clementine'' does not define how we understand the Old West as much as it simply adds to our distorted perception of the time. It can be argued that Pocahontas is the only representation many Americans have of the first wave of settlement by Europeans. Therefore, ''My Darling Clementine'' is as damaging as ''Pocahontas'', but less definitive. - Jason Ward |
== 5 Other movies/questions of style/framing/storyline == | == 5 Other movies/questions of style/framing/storyline == | ||
