Undressed Under Duress, Part III    Parting Ways  

my third posting in a multi-part series

What's more stressful that being forced to strip down to your union suit at gun point? How about being shot after being forced to strip down to your union suit at gun point? Just ask Justin.

In Justin America - Parting Ways, the indie six minute episode begins with just that. Justin is held by gunpoint having just been made to strip down to his long red underwear and boots. He had told his outlaw gang he had had enough and was leaving. No more bank robberies, killings, and plundering. He decided it was time to break away and go straight. Maybe even clear his name and add “a few honest dollars to my pocket.” As far as he was concerned the outlaw gang life was over for him. No more!

The boss of the gang reluctantly was letting Justin depart but not before making him undress under duress. He had him strip to his union suit demanding even his boots. Justin was prepared to depart in his underwear but was not going to be turned out in the wilderness without his boots. At least not without a fight.

Tanner was told to take the boots by force so he charged Justin who put up a good fight. But he ultimately lost to the larger man. His boots were pulled from his feet depositing gold coins which Justin had taken from the outlaws and hidden. Caught! 

Trying to run away, he is ultimately shot in the side by a shotgun discharged by his apparent (ex)girl friend, Audry. The bandits believing him dead leave him lying in the dirt in his union suit. Now, that's undressed duress. After the gang leaves him, he awakens and limps away into the unknown.

What's to Become of Justin?!

Created and first filmed in 2013, Justin America was “a new western web series that’s riding into town on the musical twang of spaghetti western meets The Magnificent Seven bombast.” 

The main roles are played by actors, Myko Olivier as Justin America and Samantha Colburn as Audry. The young producers, Jared and John, spoke to their web audience at the end of this first episode. Hoping to find a production company to back their effort, the boys implored their viewers to get their friends and family to watch. If enough people viewed their film they believed they could entice a movie company to jump on board. Since I have found no subsequent episodes, they were probably unsuccessful. Too bad, I really wanted to know what happened to the desperado picking his way through the wilderness bootless in his socks and union suit.

The End