As a film aficionado — which probably nobody besides myself consider me to be — I appreciate what came before as much as the modern classics, that being said, if there's a genre I've never been able to get into that'd be Western, and this article perfe...
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As a film aficionado — which probably nobody besides myself consider me to be — I appreciate what came before as much as the modern classics, that being said, if there's a genre I've never been able to get into that'd be Western, and this article perfectly sums up why.
The Western’s Long Glorification of Oppression
The Western, a quintessentially American, and Texan, film genre, has mistold Texas history since its beginnings.
The Texas Observer (www.texasobserver.org)
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@maxalmonte14 thanks for sharing this article! I’m also not a fan of westerns. This article definitely hits on most of those reasons.
Which is such a shame because I really like trains, desert landscapes and heists.
I never really made the connection with neo western movies though. But it’s very much a straight line and I now better understand why those movies make me so uncomfortable.
In general, any movie with the ‘yellow camera filter’ is pretty suspect
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@leroy glad the article can spark some conversation! I wish the author was on the fediverse to give her a shout-out. I too enjoy the Western settings, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul nearly as much if it weren't for the spaghetti Western influence, but yeah, the genre is sadly built on pro-racism and pro-colonization ideas, which sucks.