The Gunfighter does many things to conform and challenge stereotypes of the western genre.
The mise-en-scene;
Setting - the setting is the regular wild setting, the desert town, with the saloon being a very conventional setting where a shootout would happen, and it does.
Costume - The costume especially is reflective of the western genre,cowboy hats, browncloathing and neckscarf is very conventional of the western genre.
Women also conform to the western genre, the two women seen in this are supposedly prostitutes, one outright stated, and their costume reflects this, showing skin and being in dresses.
Performance - As the Gunfighter is introduced it appears he is going to do the conventional act of entering a building, shooting everyone inside and leaving, however Shawn Parsons creates a sense of almost amateur cowboy, seen as he doesn't want to get into a fight.
Another notable performance is that of Sam due to his race, he is a black bartender which was very unconventional of westerns, as Nick Offerman says.
Props - the props involved in TheGunFighter are the conventional weapons and furniture seen in western films, revolvers, wooden furniture.
The narrative takes a twist from the regular western narrative however, we find out early on that the GunFighter has a bounty on his head, and that the Henderson boys were going to kill him, however the narrator which everyone can hear spoils this plan, and continues the narrative on, action isn't the cause of conflict in this scene, dialogue is, which is unheard of in the western genre.
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