In Reply to: Westerns to cinema are like hot dogs to dining posted by Victor Khomenko on January 29, 2010 at 11:50:14:
thrillers can be art but the majority are tripe---yet, is that any different from any other genre?
NO! Westerns are NOT fast food but they are distillations, reductions of violent human emotions and desires, true examples of what happens in a "laissez-faire" situation, both socially, economically, and morally.
I believe it was Samuel Johnson that said courage is the most important of all virtues because without it, no other is possible. In Westerns, courage is always the main theme.
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Follow Ups
- A tad condescending, I'd argue. Westerns, noir, war films and - tinear 14:10:11 01/29/10 (8)
- Is pro wrestling art? - Victor Khomenko 14:31:50 01/29/10 (7)
- Let me get this straight: you're comparing professional grappling - tinear 14:34:56 01/29/10 (6)
- Must be some of them... you know... armchair-critics. - Victor Khomenko 16:01:25 01/29/10 (5)
- Do you really think depicting modern man in a corporate world - tinear 20:07:07 01/29/10 (4)
- I really wonder what on Earth caused THAT comment? - Victor Khomenko 20:16:38 01/29/10 (3)
- The danger of violent death from Indians, roving - tinear 07:54:15 01/30/10 (2)
- You made a silly comment about corporate suits - Victor Khomenko 08:33:58 01/30/10 (1)
- Your comment was Western's "simple primitives." Do you think the two - tinear 18:25:23 01/30/10 (0)