Popular Culture Review Volume 30, Number 1, Winter 2019 | Page 157

Popular Culture Review 30.1
Julius but he makes Deputy Quinn and the sheriff one and the same : Sheriff Horace Quinn . On the other hand , Osborn assigns the composite character Sam , the Sheriff , some characteristics of both the philosophizing Lee and another character he eliminated�the Trask family ’ s wise friend , Samuel Hamilton .
An instance of Andrew ’ s concept of borrowing occurs when Sheriff Quinn does something that does not happen in the novel ; in fact , Steinbeck never places the sheriff and the madam Faye in the same scene . The miniseries presents the viewer with a nostalgic visual : the sheriff tenderly touches Faye ’ s face before departing after they briefly discuss the newly arrived Kate�the same way the departing Clark Gable , as Rhett Butler , tenderly touches the face of Ona Munson , who plays Belle Watling , the madam with a heart of gold , in Gone with the Wind .
The critical acceptance of any film or television production relies on a director ’ s decision on visuals , be they nostalgic or innovative . Film and television both rely on editing , i . e . simultaneous action , which is difficult to replicate in media and in other art forms . Characters can be portrayed in a variety of situations , for example , those that involve crime and sex . Audiences come to know characters through what they say and what they do , while at the same time get to know them even better by what other characters say about them and what other characters do for or against them . Representing crime onscreen these days is not difficult , but making audiences aware of the motivations for the crime can sometimes be likened to an uphill battle . Steinbeck ’ s character Cathy , later known as “ Kate ,” is too bad to be true because “ she is unmotivated : she does not know what she wants , the novelist does not know , and the reader can hardly find her relentless
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