05-13-2022, 12:14 AM
(05-13-2022, 12:01 AM)Atma Wrote: The writers of this show had a firm grasp of the human condition and of good writing. The show has an existential/Dostoevsky-like undertow. I think anyone who is invested in good writing for television, or in any context, could do worse than study Gunsmoke.
There are only a handful of writers credited in the first 2 or 3 seasons, and a much larger variety of writers in later years. I wonder if the consistency will suffer as a result.
