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In class Dr. M showed us a layout of the city of tombstone, and we saw the 1881 picture of the town with a population of several thousand. The film's representation of Tombstone as a tiny one-street town full of rowdy people at night supports the stereotypical tiny frontier town. We learned that there were often schools and churches early in a town's establishment, which, nevertheless, we actually do see depicted in Tombstone. Coincidentally, it while the Earps were there that the church was dedicated and Clementine was chosen as a teacher. Nothing, however, implies that the town is recent, and all these families show up for church from...goodness knows where, but seemingly all miles away, talking as though they've been waiting years for a church. -Whitney Holcomb | In class Dr. M showed us a layout of the city of tombstone, and we saw the 1881 picture of the town with a population of several thousand. The film's representation of Tombstone as a tiny one-street town full of rowdy people at night supports the stereotypical tiny frontier town. We learned that there were often schools and churches early in a town's establishment, which, nevertheless, we actually do see depicted in Tombstone. Coincidentally, it while the Earps were there that the church was dedicated and Clementine was chosen as a teacher. Nothing, however, implies that the town is recent, and all these families show up for church from...goodness knows where, but seemingly all miles away, talking as though they've been waiting years for a church. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
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| + | I found the character of Clementine to be problematic. We are led to believe she has been riding stage coaches across the west in search of Doc. First off, where are the trains? Also, the lecture pointed out that if anything, most women were reluctant to be dragged out west, not fall all over themselves to go out on their own. -Bryan Mull | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
