![]() ![]() See, westerns aren't truly defined by dusty archetypes, but by stories about wild and wide-open places where ordered society has receded just enough for heroes and villains to duel without the oversight of a strong centralized state. ![]() Many excellent westerns are still being made, often without sunset duels or other well-worn tropes, but instead taking the genre's trappings and themes into slightly different settings. Push a little harder on these unbelievers and you'll hear vague critiques like "they're boring" and "they're all the same." But what these city flickers might not realize is that the western is alive and well. ![]() Once among the most reliably popular staples of the Hollywood machine, ask around today and your average film fan under 50 is likely to express disinterest, if not outright disdain, for the genre entirely.
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