DG "Johnny Guitar/Sister Sara"

The two movies Johnny Guitar (1954) and Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) were both very different movies we have seen in the way that "the others", which were women in the film, had much more important roles than in classical Western thought and in the time period in which the films were featured. In Johnny Guitar, Vienna, the woman in the movie, is an aggressive and strong-willed saloon keeper in Arizona. Her occupation is a revolutionary change in itself of the otherness idea in the way that a woman was holding a man's job and thriving in it. Also, the role of Vienna went against the '50s idea of conformity in American women. During this time, women were supposed to be stay at home, dress-wearing, childbearing machines. But, Vienna is the complete opposite, wearing pants and talking profane, just to name a few examples. This completely changed the idea of the "others", in which the woman acted like and was just as strong as the man, and in Johnny Guitar, actually overshadowed Logan himself.

In the film, Sister Sara, the lead woman character in the movie Sara initially said she was a nun, but then admits she is a prostitute. These occupations are rebellious to the classical Western idea of "otherness" and have never been seen before this film. The role of Sara was used a support for women's right at the time the film debuted. During the 1970s, this movement was in full swing, as women pushed for eaqual rights, especially in the workplace. This is shown when Sara and Hogan help the Mexican revolutionaries attack the French garrison. During this, Sara has a main part in the fight and ends up being the major reason why the Mexicans defeat them. This is extremely different to the original idea of "otherness" in the sense that the woman, not the man, is the hero in the Western film.