Original sentence: Based on the Alan LeMay novel of the same name, nevertheless some reviewers believe it is actually based more directly on the real-life events of Cynthia Ann Parker, her abduction and recapture, and her Uncle’s obsessive search for her.Jonathan Lethem said of Wayne’s portrayal of Edwards that he was “tormented and tormenting…his fury is righteous and ugly, at once, resentment branded as a fetish.Lethem also writes of his first look at The Searchers, “Weren’t Westerns supposed to be simple.Though the movie was supposed to be set primarily in the Comancheria, the fabled homeland of the Comanche, mostly in the staked plains of East Texas, it was actually filmed in Monument Valley, Utah.Wayne had played outlaw characters before (the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach), but never one as driven and borderline psychotic as Ethan Edwards.”   His racism and hatred are so open that they sear the viewer, and Ford intended it so
Edited sentence: Jeremy Lethem said of Wayne’s portrayal of Edwards that he was “tormented and tormenting…his fury is righteous and ugly, at once, resentment branded as a fetish.Lethem also writes of his first look at The Searchers, “weren’t westerns supposed to be simple.Ostensibly based on the Alan LeMay novel of the same name, most reviewers believe it is actually based on the real-life events of Cynthia Ann Parker, her abduction and recapture, and her Uncle’s obsessive search for her.Though the movie was supposed to be set in the Comancheria, the fabled homeland of the Comanche, primarily in the staked plains of East Texas, it was actually filmed in Monument Valley, Utah.Wayne had played outlaw characters before, (the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach) but never one as driven and borderline psychotic as Ethan Edwards.”   His racism and hatred are so open that they seer the viewer, and Ford intended it so