Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher

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fictional character film character

Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher who becomes the central drifter-turned-would-be hustler in the film "Midnight Cowboy."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
appearsInAdaptationOf Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Cowboy (1969 film adaptation of the novel)
appearsInWork Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
associatedTheme disillusionment ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
survival in a big city ⓘ
urban alienation ⓘ
basedOn Joe Buck in Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
surface form: Joe Buck (character in the novel Midnight Cowboy)
characterDevelopment loss of innocence ⓘ
characterTrait naive ⓘ
costumeCharacteristic cowboy outfit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdForWork Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
employmentStatusAtStart dishwasher ⓘ
fictionalEthnicity white American ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
surface form: Midnight Cowboy universe
firstFilmAppearanceYear 1969 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreOfWorkAppearedIn buddy film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
initialGoal to become a successful hustler in New York City ⓘ
languageOfCharacter English ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
narrativeArc drifter-turned-would-be hustler ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableRelationship Ratso Rizzo ⓘ
notableSettingOfOrigin Texas ⓘ
occupation dishwasher ⓘ
drifter ⓘ
hustler ⓘ
portrayedInFilmBy Jon Voight ⓘ
primaryMotivation desire to make money as a hustler ⓘ
search for a better life ⓘ
settingOfNotableEvents New York City ⓘ
socialStatusAtStart working-class ⓘ
stateOfOrigin Texas ⓘ
symbolicRole innocent outsider in New York City ⓘ
travelDirection from Texas to New York City ⓘ
workDirectorOfAppearance John Schlesinger ⓘ
workScreenwriterOfAppearance Waldo Salt ⓘ
workSourceMaterialAuthor James Leo Herlihy ⓘ
workTitleAppearedIn Midnight Cowboy ⓘ
workType film ⓘ

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Midnight Cowboy → characterOrigin → Joe Buck is a naive Texan dishwasher ⓘ