Gear up for a romp through unincorporated Arkansas territory to talk about the 2010 adaptation of Charles Portis’ 1968 novel True Grit. Listen to Emma and Keifer recount their days as U.S. Marshalls and Texas Rangers to break down what makes Mattie such a good character, Matt Damon’s nincompoop era, the Coen brother’s special little bear man, and much more. Content warnings for True Grit include: violence, gunfights, stabbings, sexism, some racism, confederates, claustrophobia, animal death, some child abuse, and a little girl’s threat of a lawyer on several occasions. The articles Emma references in this episode can be found here: https://deadline.com/2010/12/oscar-joel-and-ethan-coen-qa-on-true-grit-92517/ https://www.awardsdaily.com/2010/12/awards-daily-interview-the-coen-brothers-true-grit/ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-26-la-ca-matt-damon-20101226-story.html https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2010/12/true-grit-what-the-coen-brothers-look-like-when-theyre-not-winking-068850 https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/movies/article/interview-the-coen-brothers-talk-true-grit-915899.php You can find Emma on twitter @ematsca and the show @UnselectPod. Keifer can be found @DannyVegito on twitter and bluesky and Keifer’s Corner on youtube. Both Unnatural Selection and Select and Start are part of the Moonshot Podcast Network. If you like what you’ve heard from Emma or Keifer and want to support them, you can become a patron at patreon.com/moonshotnetwork

The music for this show was commissioned from and composed by Jake Loranger. You can check out more of his work at https://amaranthine.bandcamp.com/