Hollywood, Tombstone, and the opening of Mexico

On the surface it seems there would be very little connection between the fall of the Aztec Empire, the booming silver town of Tombstone, Arizona, and early 1900s Hollywood. Even fewer connections are readioly apparent for Cortez, Wyatt Earp and Mary Pickford. At least, those things are true for normal people. Normal is an appellation only applied at rare intervals to me and there are typically other words associated with it...words like "not" and "ab" and "the very antithesis of".
I do see a bit of a connection. I am currently reading biographies of Pickford and Cortez and a book on the trial of Wyatt Earp in the aftermath of the Shootout at the OK Corral. 3 disparate time periods with 3 very, very different people...but I believe they represent a common thread that runs through history.
Cortez was a man on the fringe of society. He was more a ne'er do well always on the verge of insolvency than anything else. His journey to the new world was more an attempt by his parents to rid themselves of a drain on their resources than a triumphant entrance replete with power and grandeur. He took a lot of risks and essentially usurped the proper officials in taking command of the expedition that resulted in the downfall of the Aztec Empire.
These themes of a fringe member of society subjugating legitimate authority to attain their own authroity which then became legitimate and led to huge successes are what tie these divergent people and events together.
Wyatt Earp was a marginally successful lawman in Dodge City who repeatedly left in pursuit of greener pastures. One time he left for the silver fields of Tombstone, Arizona. There he lost elections for law enforcement positions. His brother Virgil was a duly constituted authority. However, when the shootout occurred it is debatable whether Virgil was the correct authority to be disarming the McLaurys and Clantons or if that should have been Johnny Beehan. Wyatt's standing was even more questionable as he was a questionable deputy of a questionable legal authority. This skirting of the law led to his eventual trial and his later huge success...who today remembers Virgil or Morgan Earp? It is Wyatt's name that rings in history even though he was not in charge that day. He went from fringe member of society to hero in 30 seconds.
Pickford, my virtue of being an actress was also a fringe member of society. She worked during the studio system era of movie making in which studios "owned" the acting talent. The actors and actresses were told when, where, and what to film and were paid what the studio told them they would be paid. Pickford was among the players who moved things towards the later Star system and a lot of that was when she joined luminaries such as Charlie Chaplin to form the United Artists, a company so successful that to the day you see the UA logo. The studios tried to crush the "illegitimate" members of UA but were unsuccessful.
The point of all this is simple: there are patterns to history if you know what to look for and are willing to make certain extrapolations and interpolations. This is just one example. Be careful when you listen to what others are telling you, whether it is the government, the media, a teacher, or just some random dude on a blog...we all have agendas whether we reveal them or not and reading too much in to or giving too much credence to any one viewpoint will lead to disaster. It is easy to get lost in the details or a reading that, on the surface, seems deep and insightful but ultimately leads to a reduction in understanding.