Why Milburn Stone wanted to keep violence in Gunsmoke

Each chief participant of the acting in the Western drama CBS “Gunsmoke” has its role, and for the most part they supported their small screen classes during their stay. If the trouble if -the came to the long compartment, Amanda Blake (unmarried) Miss Kitty was always in his middle. When the outsider is a threat to Dodge City, Marshal James Arnes Matt Dylon was often a supplier of justice. But Galen Adams Milburn Stone, otherwise he is called the dock, was always the front and the center when someone became ill or needed their bullets stretched out of them.

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Where most Gunsmoke characters have life, the dock is broken from greater responsibility for their salvation. Stone was the only other actor in the “Gunsmoke” ruler except arness that was present Throughout the stunning 20-season. He brought his grandfather’s approach to the role, often alternating between the cunning ridge and the friendly soul that makes it one of the most trusted Dodge City devices. From 600 episodes it is easy to be a little free when you pull the lead out of the bodies.

During the 60s, there were fluctuations when it was about violence on network television, and “Gunsmoke” often got into cross -fire. But self -censorship was a mood that the stone considered the wrong step, especially in the context of the series that happens during the wild west (through Method🙂

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“Currently, the trend is to eliminate all violence as much as possible, and I think this is a ridiculous attitude; I no longer like meaningless force than the next guy, but violence was in the old west.”

Stone also expanded his frustrations, moving away from television violence, claiming that “Gunsmoke” served as a moralistic image that draws a picture of another time and its consequences:

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“Violence in the works of the period does not coincide with modern shows; after all, we always show that crimes do not pay. There is a psychological difference between heroes in costumes and characters who dress as a guy next door.”

Violence with “Gunsmoke” was relatively tamed from a modern point of view, but, to Stone’s point of view, the violence rate deprives it of its strong presence. Whenever the episode was presented that someone was shot dead, they are either falling, and/or will be shown in a red place in their face. The most rigid aspect is often a clatter that ejected from the pistols themselves. But these touches are still Picking a gun that goes out as the extreme weapon of death (which has also made decades HBO’s “bars”).

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The most interesting thing is that “Gunsmoke” was still a rating for the 60s, especially since the heater with a big screen, which often used the same tricks, expanded to their reflection of violence. Hero genre from pure capture of the wild west as Marshal Dylon The complex anti -hero types of Sergio Leon and Sam Beijing began to be interrupted. For as much as the directors who received for the detection of violence at the time Something like a “wild pile” is still effective because it presented an honest picture of how scary a random shooting in a busy city.

“Gunsmoke” can only go so far on network television, but Stone’s words serve as a reminder that the reflection is not quite equated with approval.

Each episode “Gunsmoke” is currently broadcast on Pluto television.