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In Reply to: RE: I really wonder what on Earth caused THAT comment? posted by Victor Khomenko on January 29, 2010 at 20:16:38

bands of criminals, grasping cattle barons, exacerbated by the fact that injuries would find no readily available medical attention, and, additionally, that little organized or effective law enforcement existed, untreatable diseases including those from livestock were common---- well, I'd argue that proves a very interesting crucible in which to observe human nature. In contrast, we have today's world with all of its "improvements" all leading to more civilization and certainly less dramatic possibilities.

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You made a silly comment about corporate suits - Victor Khomenko 08:33:58 01/30/10 (1)
I still have no idea why and for what end.

You seem to be saying that the particular period in some country's history, being a difficult one, automatically means one can only depict it in primitive cliche ways. I see no logic in that statement.

Mankind history has seen MANY periods of incredible struggle, suffering, upheaval. All of those have been depicted in various works of art in both good and bad ways. There is absolutely no reason why one could not tell a Wild West story in a serious, and artistic way, the fact it was not done (to my memory) is just the reflection of tradition and smart mass-marketing.
- Your comment was Western's "simple primitives." Do you think the two - tinear 18:25:23 01/30/10 (0)
  main characters portrayed in "The Searchers" by John Wayne and Monty Clift were such? How about Eastwood's in "Forgiven"? Or Alan Ladd's in "Shane?" Or the Randolph Scott character I describe above in the Budd Boetticher film?
  Sure, only a tiny percentage of Westerns are very good but that holds for all types of film, certainly.
  My point about corporate America is that it necessarily is no more complex than the Western "world"--- and certainly no more interesting, excepting the familiarity.
  Perhaps you can expand upon your assertion?

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