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Goodreads asked A.R. Simmons:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

A.R. Simmons I have to go to one of my early role models, Marshal Matt Dillon paired with his friend who seemed more than a friend, Kitty Russell. They had a deliberately ambiguous relationship. Was it romantic? Or platonic? Whichever, it worked. Miss Kitty was a shrewd entrepreneur, owner of the Long Branch Saloon. Her moral compass was as precisely set as was Matt's. Their relationship was unusual for the time (the 1950s and 60s). They were equals who shared mutual respect and understated but genuine affection. They were much more progressive than another iconic TV couple of the era, Ward and June Cleaver.

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