Could you give one interpretation of the meaning of the phrase 'To Paint the Town Red'?

Well, if you're the bad guys in High Plains Drifter, it pretty much means your f*cked and you're gonna die.

:):):)

In the movie, the town (Lago) was painted red and "looked like Hell". And it was, in fact, renamed "Hell" by the stranger who had them paint it.

The plot has some bad guys, who were released from prison, headed toward town, and the town folk knew they were pretty much f*cked, so they hired some gun slingers to kill the bad guys.

Only the gun slingers got themselves all shot up by Clint Eastwood in the beginning of the movie. So the town tries to hire Clint Eastwood. (You never know his name in the movie).

It turns out that the character played by Eastwood MAY have been "young Marshal Duncan"...who was whipped to death in the street while the town did nothing to help. Apparently whipped to death by the coming felons years earlier over something having to do with a deal between the town and the felons...who were set up by the town for theft.

So, in the context of this movie, painting the town red was symbolic of "Hell" and the actions of the mysterious stranger were the acts of vengence (or justice) of a dead man against his killers.

A classic movie...and a very good one! I highly recommend it!

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I will look for the movie, Chief. I like Clint Eastwood very much. Thanks. +6.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
Eastwood was a Genius of a cowboy man.
But I think I've seen them all ... but it's about time I got back into some of them
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by denidowi on August 27th, 2009
I just noticed your badge saying '70', Chief. Congratulations on becoming a Guru.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
The "Man with no name" character portrayed by Clint Eastwood was initially established in what is often refered to as "The Dollars Trilogy": A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966).
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High Plains Drifter was a 1973 movie and is considered by some to be a "Man with no name" movie.
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I highly recommend these other three movies as well. VERY good movies!
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by The Chief on August 27th, 2009
Oh, and thank you for noticing my new badge, Suby!
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by The Chief on August 27th, 2009
I have seen only the 'Good, Bad and Ugly'. The remaining too must be available. Let me see next time I go to the city if DVDs are available. They must be available. Thanks for the suggestions, Chief.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
I notice that you are still maintaining your 98% in moderations. Mine never goes above 95 for some reason. Maybe because I am not as careful as you.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
Yeah..."maintaining" is the word. I haven't been moderating much for several months. My goal is to get up to 99%, which shouldn't take much if I put some work into it.
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When I first started moderating, I plain sucked at it. I got myself down to single digits because I was somewhat over zealous about it and didn't understand a few things...like how AB is pretty lenient on some moderations under some circumstances. So I had quite a few rejections.
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I mostly stick to Wrong Catagories now...something I'm virtually 100% at. I'll eventually get up to 99%.
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And the higher your moderations are, and the higher your percentage, the more difficult it is to improve your percentages by the next point.
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Like where you're at now...it would take you over a thousand additional moderations, with no rejections, to get to 95%. That's a lot of work! Though not difficult if you set asside the time to do it and concentrate on ONLY the ones you KNOW won't be rejected!
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by The Chief on August 27th, 2009
If i run across something I'm not quite sure about, I forward it to a CL and let them handle it instead of flagging it myself. I won't get any points for it, but at least I won't get a rejection either!
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by The Chief on August 27th, 2009
My percentage is actually 95 now as some 100 flags are pending approval. As I moderate while answering questions, flagging anything that catches my eye, I must stop moderating for a week to see what the real % is. But that is something I can't do. I can't resist the temptation to flag the moment I see something wrong somewhere. For the past two months or more there have been no rejections. So I must be getting better at it. Its fun anyway.
Thanks Chief.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
You're welcome!
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by The Chief on August 27th, 2009
Thanks for those Chief ... I think I've seen the lot of them; but it is time I re-visited. Eastwood - the hardbitten cowboy.
He was great
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by denidowi on August 28th, 2009
Yeah, I loved his westerns!
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by The Chief on August 28th, 2009
Gregory Peck was fabulous in Macanna's Gold. Omar Sharif too.
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by Suby the Coat on August 29th, 2009
An outstanding movie!
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by The Chief on August 29th, 2009
Actually, it'sd funny you should mention that movie:
I always consider it as the day I was introduced to one of the sexiest screen stars ever: Julie Newmar!!
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by denidowi on September 1st, 2009
Oooooohhhh...Julie!
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by The Chief on September 1st, 2009
What role Julie Newmar plays in Macanna's Gold?
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by Suby the Coat on September 1st, 2009
According to imdb.com, she played the role of Hesh-Ke.
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064615/
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She was an Apache woman, if I recall correctly.
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by The Chief on September 1st, 2009
She was a magnificent character in the movie.
Thanks for the link.
Telly Savalas's portrayal of Sgt. Tibbs too was excellent.
Negative and positive roles abound in that film.
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by Suby the Coat on September 2nd, 2009
Not really the best "cowboy" movie, but as classic in its own right nevertheless - some great roles played out by great actors/resses.
Newmar's the one I most noteYUM!LOL
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by denidowi on September 6th, 2009
You know, she made an AWESOMELY HOT catwoman, too!
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by The Chief on September 8th, 2009
Which movie was that, Chief??
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by denidowi on September 9th, 2009
She played the original Catwoman in the old TV show, Batman!
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Rawr!
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Even my wife thinks she's hot in that role!
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by The Chief on September 9th, 2009
Now youbeat me again, Chief.
If there's one show I deplored, it was that stupid Batman seriesLOL!!
So no doubt I missed her ... much the pity :(
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by denidowi on September 11th, 2009
Did you know whe also played a role in the original Star Trek series?
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She played a pregnant princess (Eleen) in the episode called "Friday's Child"
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Here is her from the Star Trek episode:
http://www.trekcore.com/specials/rare/julie_newmar.jpg
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And here she is a Catwoman:
http://catwoman.iquebec.com/catwoman/newmar/newmar_catwoman-133.jpg
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er....let's get a FRONT view of Catwoman....
http://www.starman-imaging.com/feb03/cgtc007r.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~demes/batman/catwoman.jpg
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by The Chief on September 11th, 2009
Thanks man.
Was 'Forbidden 404' on the first, but got the latter OK
I'll look her up
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by denidowi on September 11th, 2009
OK.
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Here's another one for the Star Trek link that didn't work:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2330/2103353052_a05aa49398.jpg?v=0
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by The Chief on September 11th, 2009
Thanks Chief :)
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by denidowi on September 12th, 2009
You're welcome!
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by The Chief on September 12th, 2009

These are interpretations no one thought of, MicrocosmicOrbit. Never knew such meaning existed for the phrase. Thank you very much for telling me. +6.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009

That is one good explanation. You could have added 'at night' perhaps.
Thanks for the answer, uncacal. +6.
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by Suby the Coat on August 27th, 2009
It should last through a cycle of night and day(or day and night)!
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by uncacal on August 27th, 2009

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