After viewing many western movies in class it is clear that they overlap in many ways. Whether this includes the setting, the characters, the plot, the mood or the cinematic style they have many things in common.
For example the setting is often placed in a warm, dry southern town in the west. It usually takes place within the years 1860-1910. These types of settings were seen in Blazing Saddles and Stagecoach.
The characters also overlapped in both movies. They both had a hero character, that was strong and silent, and both had high morals. In Blazing Saddles –it was the Sheriff. In Stagecoach it was Doc Boone. Both movies also included roles that were very stereotypical for supporting roles. This included a town drunk, prostitutes, gamblers and the “good cowboys”.
The plot of both westerns was also similar. They both involved face-to-face show downs/gun fights. They both ended with the hero coming out on top. There were also similar themes like: frontier versus civilization, the individual versus society, and freedom versus conformity.
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