Matt Dillon's Character
I am 50 yrs old, and as a kid growing up I did enjoy John Wayne movies when they aired, but never really watched reruns of Gunsmoke. The last few yrs though, I have truly enjoyed watching them on streaming, I watch it almost everyday. One thing I have noticed is that of all the tv characters I have seen over the yrs, Matt Dillon is the best role model. What I like is not only is he a morally upright person, but he is pragmatic as hell, and does the right thing without a shred of self righteousness in him. He never tells anyone how to live their life, or lecture them about their drinking or personal issue, or to even change. He just tells it straight and leaves it at that, in other words, he's not a goody two shoes, that is very unlike so many other tv characters.