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Actors: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Three Amigos
When three actors get fired from their jobs, they get a telegram from a troubled group of people in Mexico to come and fight the notorious El Guapo, under the intention that they are really heroic cowboys.
--kaity loder, Resident Scholar


Analysis of The Three Amigos
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Plot
Comedy, primarily Yes
Time/era of movie: - 1900-1920's
If a parody... of - westerns

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - actor
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - white
Hair type - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - (man) average
Events of movie makes character more... - happy
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Secondary Main Character
Hair color - brunette (Black)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - Hispanic/Latinic
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
The Americas (not US): Yes
The Americas: - Mexico
Desert? Yes
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles
Misc setting - fort/military installation - bar

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel... - full of laughter
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
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