December 23, 2024
Deena's family flew in from Seattle yesterday so we have a full house.
Look who's reading Old Vaquero Sayings. . .
Daily Whip Out:
(August 24, 2008)
Taped a new YouTube video this last week. Here's a sneak peek. .
The Ground Rules
There are basically three levels to watching a Western. The first level is you don't really care about historical accuracy, you just want a good story. The second one is, you are intrigued and wonder if the story is even true and the third level is, you bark at the screen, "What kind of idiots would put an 1895 Winchester in a movie that takes place in 1881?"
I don't want to frighten you, but I'm a couple levels beyond the Winchester nitpicker. And I am not the only one with this affliction. The last time I looked there were more than 350,000 True West Maniacs on our website complaining about historical accuracy in Westerns. Or more succinctly, the lack of it. One of my crazy friends, who I won't throw under the bus, but I will say his name rhymes with Rusty York, thinks we should go back and recut all the old Westerns from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s utilizing AI and CGI and digitally put in the historically correct hats on everybody in all the Westerns. The absurdity of even thinking of doing this proves Dave Barry's astute observation that "there is a fine line between a hobby and mental illness."
It will be up next week.
"The best of us as storytellers, present an alternative to the story the bosses are telling.”
—David Milch, reflecting on the George Hearst character in his show Deadwood
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