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The Missouri Breaks (1976)
Penn dismantles the myth of the westerner, who traditionally is a transient figure with no home. The vegetable garden where he tries to develop his roots in the land is an indication of his domestic tendencies. So is the scene where he prepares tea for Jane (Kathleen Loyd). Penn further disrupts classic Western conventions by reversing traditional gender dynamics, presenting Jane as the sexual aggressor. Penn subversively reveals that Clayton’s sinister professionalism is not
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