Godless Argument

For this week’s blog post, I watched the show Godless. It is a Western that centers on the people around a conflict between violent outlaw Frank Griffith and the man he sees as the son who betrayed him named Roy Goode. It features a town that is almost entirely run by women. These women all lost their husbands in a mine accident, which resulted in the town losing almost all income. At times, it feels like a town full of women is the whole gimmick of the show, with not much other substance. However, there is enough stuff to interest viewers, but there are also some things I didn’t like.
Something that didn’t jive with me was the villain, Frank Griffith. In one scene, he comes across a family of Norwegian immigrants. The whole scene was filled with tension, the viewer constantly wonder if he will murder the families. I was begging him not to, but not because I didn’t want to see these characters die. Throughout the show, Frank has been nothing but your standard evil villain. I want to see some form of goodness in him. While he fortunately decides to not kill the family, but he does commit other crimes in regards to them. I would have given him a sense of justice where he would have just leave the family alone. As it is, he is no better than any number of mustache-twirling villains with no depth …show more content…
Having not enjoyed her performance in Downton Abbey, I was pleasantly surprised with her many-layered character. Most of the women in the series can be described in a single trope, such as tomboy or pure hearted harlot. However, Alice Fletcher is somewhat harder to classify. At most, you might call her a single mom, but I disagree with this classification. Most single mothers in media let the status define them, either as a way to excuse poor behavior or as a way that she’s a cut above her peers. Alice Fletcher doesn’t fit this designation; she is just trying to live her life in an unfavorable