Is the "person defending trailerhome with a shotgun" a common scene?
I have a feeling that there is a kind of scene, where you have a person that lives in a motorhome /trailer, and defends it against intruders by pointing a shotgun at the door.
I can think of two examples right now:
In Loki Episode 3, this woman defends her home against trespassers by pointing a sci-fi shotgun at the door
In Kill Bill vol.2, Budd defends his home from the Bride with a shotgun
What I mean, is that kind of scene a known cinematographic trope? And if it is, do we know where it comes from?
Best Answer
I reckon it harkens back to America’s roots as a frontier nation.
In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act, which granted ownership of up to 160 acres of western land to any citizen willing to build and maintain a farm there for five years.
“Homesteaders” relied on their rifles not just for hunting food, but also for home defense.
Certain aspects of the homestead ideal continue today in rural America among those who wish to live “off the grid”, such as in this blog post entitled “The Importance of the Homestead Rifle”.
The website “TV Tropes” also notes shotguns as “the weapon of choice for farmers, mountain men, hillbillies, and other rural folks”.
See also their pages on “overprotective fathers” and “shotgun weddings” (the latter of which is also recognized by Oxford as an idiom).
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