tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post290741716284386456..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Richard Prosch, One Against a Gun HordeRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-69373800327159772492014-05-21T13:44:07.988-07:002014-05-21T13:44:07.988-07:00I agree with both you, Richard and Ron. One of the...I agree with both you, Richard and Ron. One of the most deadening characteristics of traditional westerns is their humorlessness. Real Westerners had to have fun, or their hard lives would have been just too much to bear. Besides, humor in a serious story highlights the danger the characters face. <br /><br />Must be why I love Richard S Wheeler's books!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04887839383855226063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-85955113839505640182014-05-20T03:35:13.004-07:002014-05-20T03:35:13.004-07:00I have this loaded and waiting to be read. I have this loaded and waiting to be read. David Cranmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04749857752139212888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-69016040068900150612014-05-19T13:40:34.456-07:002014-05-19T13:40:34.456-07:00There's broader humor sometimes in Grey, mainl...There's broader humor sometimes in Grey, mainly among side characters, but thinking back, I see what you mean about the absence of the light touch. Occasionally when reading a heightened moment in his stories (like his dramatic love scenes) I found myself with the unexpected impulse to laugh—definitely not what was intended—not necessarily at the emotion portrayed in the scene but at the ultra-dramatic way it was written.<br /><br />And I suppose you could call it ironic that I wrote in a story just yesterday that a character "might not have been able to define irony, but he could feel it."Elisabeth Grace Foleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073159989691222645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-35017550465340904392014-05-19T08:36:52.250-07:002014-05-19T08:36:52.250-07:00I just started reading this last night. Only read ...I just started reading this last night. Only read the first tale but I see what you are saying. Good piece.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-79191676964590546342014-05-19T08:03:29.121-07:002014-05-19T08:03:29.121-07:00I totally agree with you about John Wayne in his w...I totally agree with you about John Wayne in his westerns. He had a great gift for bringing a wry, understated humor to his characters.Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-61158878757254982362014-05-19T07:52:28.688-07:002014-05-19T07:52:28.688-07:00For several years I wrote western novels for a dea...For several years I wrote western novels for a dead-author franchise. I chose to make Cotton, the protagonist, a little slow-witted and I included a lot of humor. The result? Scores of Amazon reader reviews shellacking the stories, condemning the whole idea of humor in a western, and assailing the author (me) for his "betrayal" of the dead author's reputation. I sure like a little fun in westerns. John Wayne western films were rich in humor, and so were many other films and stories. I congratulate Mr. Prosch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com