I was watching my second favorite western, "Silverado," on Saturday ("3:10 to Yuma" has become #1) and came up with another series of questions.1. Whyizzit that guys don't RAISE the double hung windows before they start shooting at the good guys, but break the glass with their guns? Even Billy the Kid and his Regulators did that to their friend Alex MacSwain's windows in "Young Guns." Did the bad guys work for some glass repair shop in whatever town they were holding the gunfight? Did they get two-for-one glass repairs if they did exceptional amounts of damage? Was the entire crime phenomenon of the Wild West financed by some rich Glass Guy back East just so he could import panes of glass out West? Should you forward this post to American history profs all around the country so they can begin some SERIOUS research into the subject?!
2. Did the rich cattle barons REALLY make their money in the glass business FIRST and then reinvest in Bovine Business Adventures to expand their portfolio?!!
3. Where in all the Western towns you've seen in ALL those Westerns that have been filmed is the glass shop located? You see saloons, sheriff offices, blacksmith stables, dry goods stores, a couple of outhouses, and even the occasional church, but you NEVER see the glass repair shop OR meet the carpenter who had to replace all the woodwork shot up in these movies, either!
4. Does Hollywood have a moral imperative to give us more of the REAL Old West than they have?
5. Should an environmentalist lobby be formed to investigate the over-usage of sand in the United States that's contributing to Global Warming as a result of all the glass repair done due to gunfights in the nineteenth century?
6. Should I stop watching movies?
Got popscorn? (Yes, the spelling is intentional.)
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