Where Cloning of TV Shows Dulls Out Westerns Again
The piece argues television shows replicate formulas, noting Westerns faded as quips and digests replaced them. It ponders reviving Westerns with classic tropes set in a Chisolm trail town and a widow with a son, while acknowledging possible rapid cloning of new ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Sullivan
Dragnet
Kojak
N.Y.P.D
SWAT
Buffalo
Dallas
Chisolm Trail
Law and Order
Modern heroes clash with a tiring system in new novels
In No More Monday Mornings C P Crow follows Jake Stratton a bored Texan who extorts a crooked lawyer and heads to Paradise after learning of a secret New York State nuclear dump scheme. Kurt Vonnegut Jr Jailbird follows Walter Starbuck a Nixon aide who hides money and makes a quirky post presidential bid. Pivot by John Van Zwienen covers a Nazi rocket plot targeting the Empire State Building with a suicide conscience twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Stratton
Viking Press
C.P. Crow
Stratton
New York State
Our
Paradise
Crow
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
Delacorte Press
Seymour Lawrence
Walter F. Starbuck
Nixon White
Starbuck
Jailbird
Vonnegut
Alger Hiss
Aiken County Public Library
John van Zwienen
Atlantic Ocean
America
Empire State Building
Shutter tips for vacation photos and breath control
Practical guide for amateur photographers on keeping cameras ready, using sun position and framing, and holding breath to avoid blur. Advises keeping camera handy, protecting film from heat, framing scenes with foreground elements, and timing shots during morning or evening light to improve emphasis and reduce camera shake.
Western Makes Technical Comeback The Long Riders
A retro Western centers on the James and Younger brothers with Carradine brothers as the Younger clan and Keach brothers as the James brothers. The film relies on familiar outlaw tropes, uneven Pinkerton portrayal, and vignette style scenes balancing violence and domestic interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Brotherhood of Outlaws
David
Keith
Robert Carradine
Jesse
Frank James
Stacy Keach
James Brothers
Frank
Pinkerton
Keystone Cops
Pig Sty
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