Vern Scott
Sep 3, 2021

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...but oddly, a stay at a "Best Western" Motel might not reveal any of these great movies? Don't forget the great Western morality plays, "High Noon" (basically a retelling of the "Little Red Hen" parable), "One Eyed-Jacks" (how the betrayer has more vengeance than the betray-ee), "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (when the truth conflicts with the legend, go with the legend), and perhaps the greatest, "Destry Rides Again" (you don't always need guns to clean up the town). Question: does "Blazing Saddles" also quality as a great Western morality play?

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Vern Scott
Vern Scott

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Scott lives in the SF Bay Area and writes confidently about Engineering, History, Politics, and Health

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