Uncle Charlie, at the opposite end of this spectrum, exposes the impossibility of Santa Rosa’s idealism as he immediately a beloved figure in the community. Young Charlie’s innocence and naiveté is likely a product of the town she’s from - the initial shots of Santa Rosa are like something out of a 1950s American propaganda piece, a town so pure and idyllic that the viewer may question whether such a place truly exists. From the film’s onset, Hitchcock draws parallels between Uncle Charlie and his young niece of the same name. In Shadow of a Doubt, however, he makes no effort to conceal the guilt of Uncle Charlie, a man who is clearly guilty of being the Merry Widow Murderer that the police are pursuing. A common theme across Hitchcock’s’ films is the “Innocent Man” narrative.
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