re: Why Did The Western Die as a Genre?

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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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No it's not.

It has nothing to do with rural.

Relatable has to do with us. The people. If you can make a cartoon with animals about communism you can make a Western reflect anything in society.

And people living in urban areas see either the Ocean or Western states as an escape. It still has endless appeal. You go to Europe and the #1 thing Europeans want to see is the Grand Canyon. #1.

And how many Westerns used Monument Valley?

Coincidence?

Open spaces and freedom are never going to go out of style - especially for urban squalor.

The Western as a genre is far beyond talking all folksy and living in a small town whittling wood. The idea that it only appeals to people like that is crazy. The Western has major themes and is part of the American psyche...manifest destiny...and what does that mean today?