This one was much more upbeat than usual. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I actually enjoy all of the shows you upload, and very much appreciate them. Thanks for sharing.🙂
Some very subtle suggestions made about the relationship between Sam White and Roscoe Cryder. Roscoe giving Sam the gold watch chain that was given to him by his late wife, because Sam "liked it". The impression of mutual care and affection between the men, Sam cooking for Roscoe and preparing a medicinal foot bath for him, Roscoe bringing food for them to eat and sharing his money with Sam. And most telling (spoilers), they ultimately desire to escape to another town, 300 miles away, and live together in secret. There's even some deep revulsion suggested by Ethel when she describes Sam as nasty, filthy, sloppy and a pig. Her hatred seems more than just dislike or protectiveness for her father. No one else in the story remarks on Sam in this language. For his part, Sam is aggressively protective and loyal to his bond with Roscoe. He's rude and a cruelly cutting to Ethel when she takes Roscoe away, and then clearly disappointed and angry with Roscoe for letting himself be taken. Later, when cornered by the Ranger, he refuses to fess up on the scheme and stands by protecting the whereabouts of Roscoe. He describes his bond with Roscoe as being, "closer than most kinfolk". The impression is not that this has all been done for money, but that these two old men just want to live together, care for each other, and be left alone. For a popular entertainment of its time, this is about as close as they could get to describing a same sex intimate relationship. I can imagine Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist from Brokeback Mountain living happily ever after together in just such a way. The social world of these two men is also suggested by the woman who Sam sells his livestock to. A woman who describes herself as "Red Russell's sister, who lives over near the South Wash". We never learn her name, only who she is connected to. She is kind of a mystery on her own. The Sheriff doesn't even recognize her due to her short "hair bob" haircut, and first remarks on her doing the manual labor of moving the mule on her own. She seems to know Sam well enough to comment on him being as stubborn as the mule, and he knows her well enough to sell her his stock at a discount at the drop of a hat. She, like Sam, and Roscoe, comes across as a queer coded outsider. Her inclusion in the story feels intentional. Further shading for the theme of private versus public lives. I'm especially happy to see the episode end on an upbeat healing and humanistic tone. This is a fascinating gem of a story for its suggestions and intimations. Normally a story like this in OTR would use a fair amount of humor to laugh at this small town family squabble situation, but this story pitches this as a serious social conflict between private and familial desires.
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This one was much more upbeat than usual. Thoroughly enjoyed this one. I actually enjoy all of the shows you upload, and very much appreciate them. Thanks for sharing.🙂
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I too thoroughly enjoyed this one. Slightly different to the usual ones. 👌
Some very subtle suggestions made about the relationship between Sam White and Roscoe Cryder. Roscoe giving Sam the gold watch chain that was given to him by his late wife, because Sam "liked it". The impression of mutual care and affection between the men, Sam cooking for Roscoe and preparing a medicinal foot bath for him, Roscoe bringing food for them to eat and sharing his money with Sam. And most telling (spoilers), they ultimately desire to escape to another town, 300 miles away, and live together in secret. There's even some deep revulsion suggested by Ethel when she describes Sam as nasty, filthy, sloppy and a pig. Her hatred seems more than just dislike or protectiveness for her father. No one else in the story remarks on Sam in this language. For his part, Sam is aggressively protective and loyal to his bond with Roscoe. He's rude and a cruelly cutting to Ethel when she takes Roscoe away, and then clearly disappointed and angry with Roscoe for letting himself be taken. Later, when cornered by the Ranger, he refuses to fess up on the scheme and stands by protecting the whereabouts of Roscoe. He describes his bond with Roscoe as being, "closer than most kinfolk". The impression is not that this has all been done for money, but that these two old men just want to live together, care for each other, and be left alone.
For a popular entertainment of its time, this is about as close as they could get to describing a same sex intimate relationship. I can imagine Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist from Brokeback Mountain living happily ever after together in just such a way. The social world of these two men is also suggested by the woman who Sam sells his livestock to. A woman who describes herself as "Red Russell's sister, who lives over near the South Wash". We never learn her name, only who she is connected to. She is kind of a mystery on her own. The Sheriff doesn't even recognize her due to her short "hair bob" haircut, and first remarks on her doing the manual labor of moving the mule on her own. She seems to know Sam well enough to comment on him being as stubborn as the mule, and he knows her well enough to sell her his stock at a discount at the drop of a hat. She, like Sam, and Roscoe, comes across as a queer coded outsider. Her inclusion in the story feels intentional. Further shading for the theme of private versus public lives.
I'm especially happy to see the episode end on an upbeat healing and humanistic tone. This is a fascinating gem of a story for its suggestions and intimations. Normally a story like this in OTR would use a fair amount of humor to laugh at this small town family squabble situation, but this story pitches this as a serious social conflict between private and familial desires.
And that's what women do.
Catonsville Texas, does not exists !