villains, and move on, leaving society to help others, or joining society, giving up his special status as hero.
             The revisionist western was very much an inversion of these themes. The hero in these films was not always honorable and was not always fighting for good. The violence was not always glorified, and honorable. Women began to take on stronger roles.
             In 1969, the Vietnam War was being fought, and many anti-war, anti-violence demonstrations were being performed across the United States. In Hollywood, an anti-violence demonstration was being made in the making of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. In terms of violence, this western had taken a new s
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