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re: Why Did The Western Die as a Genre?
Posted on 4/1/17 at 6:59 pm to Jack Ruby
Posted on 4/1/17 at 6:59 pm to Jack Ruby
Many reasons:
1. Overexposure. In 1959 25% of all prime time network programs were westerns.
2. The increasing urbanization of American culture. The western is a rural/small town genre.
And I mean urbanization in every sense. While blacks were present in the old west, as settlers, cowboys, outlaws, and even lawmen (Bass Reeves), their impact was generally marginal. The modern American culture that has 13% of the population dominating TV, movies, and music has no use for it.
3. Politics. Liberal sentimentality about Indians has made it nearly impossible to portray them as villains.
In a more general sense, SJW Political Correctness attacks any celebration of American history. The western celebrates the taming and settling of a savage land -- er, I mean glorifies Eurocentric genocide against indigenous peoples and rape of the environment.
If for some reason you still like westerns even though they're clearly only for jingoistic racists, check out my TV western thread
1. Overexposure. In 1959 25% of all prime time network programs were westerns.
2. The increasing urbanization of American culture. The western is a rural/small town genre.
And I mean urbanization in every sense. While blacks were present in the old west, as settlers, cowboys, outlaws, and even lawmen (Bass Reeves), their impact was generally marginal. The modern American culture that has 13% of the population dominating TV, movies, and music has no use for it.
3. Politics. Liberal sentimentality about Indians has made it nearly impossible to portray them as villains.
In a more general sense, SJW Political Correctness attacks any celebration of American history. The western celebrates the taming and settling of a savage land -- er, I mean glorifies Eurocentric genocide against indigenous peoples and rape of the environment.
If for some reason you still like westerns even though they're clearly only for jingoistic racists, check out my TV western thread
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Posted on 4/1/17 at 8:51 pm to Kafka
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2. The increasing urbanization of American culture. The western is a rural/small town genre.
This is probably the biggest reason. Just isn't relatable to a mass audience anymore.
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Liberal sentimentality about Indians has made it nearly impossible to portray them as villains.
Not sure this is much of a factor. You can do a Western with a white villain.
Posted on 4/1/17 at 9:13 pm to Kafka
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3. Politics. Liberal sentimentality about Indians has made it nearly impossible to portray them as villains.
Good. Native Americans were never villains in history.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 3:06 pm to Kafka
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3. Politics. Liberal sentimentality about Indians has made it nearly impossible to portray them as villains. In a more general sense, SJW Political Correctness attacks any celebration of American history. The western celebrates the taming and settling of a savage land -- er, I mean glorifies Eurocentric genocide against indigenous peoples and rape of the environment. If for some reason you still like westerns even though they're clearly only for jingoistic racists, check out my TV western thread
You must have hated The Outlaw Josey Wales.
Posted on 4/2/17 at 7:28 pm to Kafka
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And I mean urbanization in every sense. While blacks were present in the old west, as settlers, cowboys, outlaws, and even lawmen (Bass Reeves), their impact was generally marginal. The modern American culture that has 13% of the population dominating TV, movies, and music has no use for it.
You make an excellent point here.
I wonder, if an alien came here and only had our modern media to watch and learn about society, what would they think American demographics looked like?
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