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Frank Schell is right about what a dreary business the James Bond series could be had it been initiated in today’s politically correct Hollywood. I’m glad we didn’t have to see Sean Connery as 007 telling his latest scantilly-dresed honey that he would get back to her right after he finished answering his emails and making the monthly payment on his Aston Martin hybrid.
Imagine how differently other old-time favorites would be done under our current sensitive, environmentally-conscious, multi-cultural, androgynous sensibility. A friend recently reminded me of Gunsmoke, a pre-political correctness favorite of mine and many others. If that one was made this year, Matt Dillon would be a Civil War veteran dealing with post traumatic stress disorder. He would be ambivalent about the violence common to the frontier. He would still shoot bad guys, but he would brood about it. He would have gotten into Kitty’s kit in episode one (episode two, latest) and Chester would be gay. Doc would be going to AA meetings.
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SoulHonky | 10.17.12 @ 6:37PM
Or it would be "Deadwood", which makes "Gunsmoke" look like a children's show. And it's beyond bizarre to link this to James Bond when the new Bond movies are far grittier than the original films. The #1 movie and newest Hollywood franchise is "Taken 2", a film in which a man kills people without remorse to get his family back. Your post and the original story you linked to operate in an alternate reality that doesn't exist.
Carter Wood| 10.17.12 @ 6:48PM
But Matt DID brood about killing bad guys, at least in the radio series. His grim regret at being forced into violence was one of the great character traits that made Gunsmoke so different than most other Westerns. (Again, speaking of the OTR with William Conrad as Dillon.)
Bob K| 10.17.12 @ 6:56PM
"Diversity" is now Dogma and "political correctness" is the speech one uses when addressing it's High Priests and High Priestesses. Any deviation from it is heresy!
Occam's Tool| 10.17.12 @ 7:01PM
Carter: what about "The Rifleman?" That one was antiviolence, as well.
Carter Wood| 10.18.12 @ 7:57AM
Oh, to be sure. I'm just more knowledgeable about Gunsmoke radio than the TV westerns.
Then there's Shane, who was not happy about having to take on the big ranchers. But he did it.
Did Shane smoke?
Butch| 10.17.12 @ 8:03PM
Always wondered what was going on upstairs in Miss Kitty's saloon.
Crassus| 10.18.12 @ 1:39PM
Prostitution, what else? The Long Branch was a combination saloon/brothel. They never flat out said this but it was always strongly hinted at throughout the run of the series. Originally, Kitty was a prostitute who moved from saloon to saloon. Then they decided to have her settle down and become the owner/madame of the Long Branch.
geronl| 10.17.12 @ 11:08PM
Probably right about that. I can see handing out condoms to kids out the back door
JimT| 10.17.12 @ 11:23PM
Hey you just described "Hell on Wheels" on AMC