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Kitty Russell character study
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Was Kitty from *Gunsmoke* Gay? The Hidden Queer Readings in TV’s Most Iconic Saloon Girl
Kitty Russell, the sharp-tongued saloon keeper of Gunsmoke , was never a character who fit neatly into the gender roles of 1960s television. With her razor...
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Was Kitty from *Gunsmoke* Gay? The Hidden Queer Readings in TV’s Most Iconic Saloon Girl
What made the speculation so compelling was the show’s own contradictions. Gunsmoke , after all, was a Western rooted in frontier masculinity, where women were...
