And it's a SMALL problem, more something I giggle about when I watch and re-watch, is how Danon is BEATEN more or less by Buck, and OF COURSE she falls in love with him! I mean why not--who wouldn't fall in love with a guy who's physically abusive? Granted, Robert Taylor is great-looking, but somehow the smacking around would've cooled MY jets :-) (Hey, isn't the cutie who plays Longmire also named Robert Taylor?)
shareYou are a 21st century woman, applying 21st century ideals and behavior to 19th century situations and people. They didn't see the world the way you see it.
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"It ain't dying I'm talking about, it's LIVING!"
Captain Augustus McCrae
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I, too, hated that he hit her. So glad someone else feels that way.
shareMy one problem with It Happened One Night (1934) is when Peter tells Ellie's father that his daughter deserves a man who will "take a sock at her once
a day, whether it's coming to her or not." Her father approves of this!
That was the attitude 80 years ago, and even more so in the 19th century. Modern viewers have to make allowances for the times.
I'm not crying, you fool, I'm laughing!
Hewwo.
Some women love to be abused.
shareI know you'll probably get a lot of daggers thrown your way for saying that but I have to agree. I'm not one of those women, but I know there are a lot out of them out there. They'd probably deny it but based on their actions and choices some women do act like they love, or at least like, to be abused and mistreated. It's sad!
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]
Danon, having been a prostitute, saloon girl, or whatever they called them in that time was probably used to being treated roughly and with disrespect. It's a sad thing but it seems when people are used to being treated badly it's hard for them to feel they deserve anything else. It's a downward spiral.
If she had met a guy who treated her with kindness and respect, she wouldn't have been able to handle it. She'd probably find a way to sabotage the relationship. Usually these patterns of behavior start in childhood. Children who are neglected and/or abused often grow up to be adults who treat others badly, allow others to treat them that way, or both.
They come to associate bad treatment with love. On some level they know abuse is not a sign of love but it's probably easier to accept than the alternative; the people who should love them most doesn't love them at all.
Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate].
I've got a feeling that, if these characters were real, Dannon could hold her own--and would.
This is horrible behavior, but...this is an old western.
Taylor should not have done the scene that way. It made him look very weak. If character had lost his temper --which he did-- there is at least that. But that was more a crack so hard it could have caused a concussion.
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