Originally Posted by
immortaljoe
Yeah, I do like western settings, especially since they are rooted in history and various stock roles/archetypes that people adopt to keep themselves busy in town. As stated by others before, the Western is America's mythology. Thus, clergy wives fighting the wives of mobsters would fall into these sort of roles that somehow clashed with one another....especially if drinking and gambling were to get involved in the way of the Lord's good work.
That idea of Asian characters fighting that you mentioned intrigues me most. In terms of historical association, the popular imagery would have it that blacks were treated unfairly in the South but in the Wild West, it would seem that Chinese people got the unfair end of the deal with the railroads and the mob beatings and the laundry services. Essentially, the idea of a Chinese prostitute being blackmailed and going in to take her belongings back presumably before leaving even further west (for San Francisco, perhaps?) works tremendously here....especially if she wants to tear apart some ambitious, bosomy blonde who has left Georgina to start her own service. The conflicting racial element would not be unlike a black slave fighting her white mistress in the South before escaping her current predicament.
Anyway, I am more of a catfight fan so I think that idea could work in this scenario alongside things like titfighting.
I hope to see more from this.
Bookmarks