Reinventing the Western

Some characteristics of Westerns: West of the Mississippi, small towns, a villain against town, a guy trying to protect the town. The women are damsels in distressed most of the time. The men think that they can handle everything, they settle it with violence. In The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, it takes place in a small town west of the Mississippi. Liberty Valance is the villain, and the protagonist is Stauddered. The only difference is that Holly is more independent than a damsel in distress. In The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, it takes place west of the Mississippi, there are small towns. The villain seems to be against the people and the town and the "good" guy isn't really a guy protecting the town, he's more protecting himself. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is different from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance because some of the main characteristics don't match. They are both still westerns, but The Good, the Bad and the Ugly has different characteristics because it's a spaghetti western, there for the director Sergio Leone has different views.