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A small and silly detail but the film does depict Wyatt buffaloing (sp?) one of the cowboys. As we all know this was one of Wyatt's favorite pastimes. --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 17:29, 20 October 2010 (MDT) | A small and silly detail but the film does depict Wyatt buffaloing (sp?) one of the cowboys. As we all know this was one of Wyatt's favorite pastimes. --[[User:Shauser|Shauser]] 17:29, 20 October 2010 (MDT) | ||
| − | One fact that the movie got right was the variety of jobs that the | + | One fact that the movie got right was the variety of jobs that the Earp brothers held prior to coming to Tombstone. They were herding cattle at the start of the film, and later the mayor refers to Wyatt's earlier job as a lawman. Wyatt was also portrayed as quite the gambler, which was fairly accurate. --Meagan P. |
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| + | To go along with Meagan's comment, at the beginning of the movie the barber also gives examples of a variety of jobs that were typically held by people in the west, such as mining and prospecting. --Erin L. | ||
I think the movie portrayed well how the west was mainly a male dominated society. There were not many women shown in the movie because not a lot of women took the journey out west. -- Justine R. | I think the movie portrayed well how the west was mainly a male dominated society. There were not many women shown in the movie because not a lot of women took the journey out west. -- Justine R. | ||
