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In the movie, one of Wyatt Earp's brothers gets killed by the father of the Clanton boys. When Wyatt Earp finds that out, he wants to seek revenge. Doc also joins up in the fight mostly to avenge Chihuahua's death. In class we talked about how the fight at O.K. Corral (really a vacant lot) was actually started due to political reasons involving John Behan, a Republican, who ran against Earp in an election. -Amy V. | In the movie, one of Wyatt Earp's brothers gets killed by the father of the Clanton boys. When Wyatt Earp finds that out, he wants to seek revenge. Doc also joins up in the fight mostly to avenge Chihuahua's death. In class we talked about how the fight at O.K. Corral (really a vacant lot) was actually started due to political reasons involving John Behan, a Republican, who ran against Earp in an election. -Amy V. | ||
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| + | Who knew that the shoot-out at the OK Corral (which was so helpfully labeled in the film) was partly caused by the death of a loyal Chihuahua? Both of the main female characters were completely fictional, which seems stupid when you have great historical material like Kate Elder/Fisher, Mattie Blaylock, and Josephine Marcus. Who wants a Boston schoolmarm when you can have a prostitute? Also, the reasons for the shoot-out at the end were mostly about revenge - mainly to avenge the deaths of James and Chihuahua. James Earp didn't die until the 1920s. Also, what the hell was up with that Shakespearean actor? I was so confused as to why he was around, besides giving the filmmakers a chance to show Doc as a sensitive soul (he knows lines from Hamlet!), as they did several times with both Doc and Wyatt Earp. Aw, Wyatt smells like honeysuckle! Aw, Doc knows Shakespeare! It seemed very heavy-handed and sappy. It also seemed sort of strange that the movie is called "My Darling Clementine" when Clementine is the most boring character in the film. The title suggests that Wyatt and Clementine will be together by the end, but nope. I really think that if the movie had used non-fictional women without dog names, it would have been much more interesting. - Celia | ||
At the beginning of the movie, the people of Tombstone threw out the drunk Indian who was shooting up the place, telling him to go back to his reservation. In class, we talked about how Indians were moved off their land to reservations and alcoholism was one of the ramifications of that displacement. While only a small, almost non-existent part of the movie, I'm not sure if it was just for entertainment or if it was just a poor attempt on the filmmakers part to try and have some accuracy in the movie. -- Alex M. | At the beginning of the movie, the people of Tombstone threw out the drunk Indian who was shooting up the place, telling him to go back to his reservation. In class, we talked about how Indians were moved off their land to reservations and alcoholism was one of the ramifications of that displacement. While only a small, almost non-existent part of the movie, I'm not sure if it was just for entertainment or if it was just a poor attempt on the filmmakers part to try and have some accuracy in the movie. -- Alex M. | ||
