stranger chitchat in True Grit -- is this found in other westerns?

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Oct 15, 2023 at 23:14	vote	accept	releseabe
Dec 9, 2022 at 19:30	comment	added	shigginpit		I don't want to take sides but the device existed long before blood simple came along, and while I am sure I have seen it used in older western films, I merely can not, off the top of my head, cite a pre-modern era western which specifically contributes to OP's inquiry so I'm sticking to what I can confirm. There is no question the Coen brothers use the mechanism across multiple genres, and it is one of their signatures, but I don't believe it is necessarily relevant to OP's intent.
Dec 9, 2022 at 19:23	comment	added	releseabe		@JasonPSallinger: I have said already, the original film and the book have this dialog also --- IT IS PLAINLY not a "Coen Brothers device." Maybe, Jason, you could read the book and/or watch the original or troll someone else' questions besides mine.
Dec 9, 2022 at 18:52	comment	added	Jason P Sallinger		I think this strengthens my argument that this is a Coen brothers device. Both of the non-Coen brothers movies you cite come well after True Grit and Buster Scruggs.
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