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Westerns and social commentary
Title: Westerns and social commentary
Category: Entertainment / Genres
Details: Words: 1993 | Pages: 8.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Westerns and social commentary
Throughout history Americans have had a fascination with unexplored, uncharted, and
untamed territory. Never has this been so pronounced as with the American west.
Stories of bravery, new peoples, cultures, and strange new lands have enchanted
Americans for nearly two centuries. This attraction is strikingly prominent in the film
history of the west. Yet, despite it's early and lasting popularity, the Western has not
until recent years attracted the attention of interpretive critics. Many critics …showed first 75 words of 1993 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1993 total…of Western's have been produced by
Hollywood filmmakers. Many of these films are depiction's of white man versus white
man confrontations in movies such as Young Guns and Tombstone. The social commentary
that these films represent will make an interesting evaluation on 1990's society.
Furthermore the hope is that these films will be a new generation of Westerns that will
promote the lofty expectations of genre critics and continue the fascination with the
American West.
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