Sunday, March 27, 2011

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Miller

The western film Gunfight at the O.K. Corral exemplifies that typical sidekick alpha-male cowboy relationship Wyatt Earp and Doc Holiday, as they constantly team up to save the town from outlaws. Wyatt Earp is the town marshal and Doc Holiday is an ex-dentist and gambler. Both of these men fit the mold of Alpha Male Cowboy. Throughout the movie, the viewer is constantly questioning, who is the alpha male cowboy? And who is the side kick? The answer is, there isn’t one. These men are both their own men. Although at first it may seem like Wyatt Earp is the alpha male cowboy, due to him fitting the mold of the traditional alpha male cowboy. In the end, both Earp and Holiday are their own man, and that is truly what defines the alpha male cowboy.

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