![]() Revenge stories grip us because of their mythic excess. She knows exactly what she wants and exactly who she must see in order to get it. Mattie is so capable that she solves any technical difficulties off-screen. Some of these Revenge Westerns also include elements from a classic mystery story, though not True Grit. In other words, this is the Western equivalent of a cat-and-mouse story. Like almost all stories from the Revenge Western subgenre, the plot involves an elaborate chase and pursuit by a wronged individual. ![]() Matilda by Roald Dahl is the ultimate revenge fantasy. We see it in stories for all audiences, including in stories for children, in which they tend to be super popular. If there are 7 basic plots of all Western stories, True Grit can be considered a Revenge Western. Thematically, it’s not a western but a crime story. Are you talking about the setting, the plot or the themes? Setting-wise, it’s a western. In 1969, True Grit was widely thought to be a parody of a western. The Coen Brothers remake is not a western at all. The Western is itself a blend of genres, using the American West of the 1800s as a setting. Listed on IMDb as Adventure, Drama, Western. What can storytellers learn from True Grit? Genre Blend of True Grit For all we know, she’s going to fully recover, limbs intact. The 1969 film ends with Mattie’s arm in a sling. The Coen Brothers adaptation is more faithful to this dark detail, depicting Mattie at the end with no arm. The novel is a first-person narrative recounted by a one-armed old maid. The Coen Brothers also modernised Charles Portis’ novel by turning it into a mumblecore, which I understand better with subtitles, but the 1969 actors were stage trained, and speak with clear enunciation. The two versions are very similar in plot. Turns out the 1969 film is benign enough to watch with my cowboy-loving primary school aged daughter, who loves it to bits. ![]() The 1969 original stood the test of time, so they said. When iconic Australian film critics Margaret and David reviewed the 2010 film True Grit they did enjoy it, but couldn’t see the point of a remake.
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