Western (genre) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-05

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00:03:12 1 Themes
00:06:15 2 Film
00:06:23 2.1 Characteristics
00:10:47 2.2 Subgenres
00:12:43 2.2.1 Classical Western
00:14:06 2.2.2 Acid Western
00:15:43 2.2.3 Charro, Cabrito or Chili Westerns
00:16:21 2.2.4 Comedy Western
00:17:19 2.2.5 Contemporary Western
00:20:05 2.2.6 Electric Western
00:20:53 2.2.7 Epic Western
00:22:15 2.2.8 Euro-Western
00:23:03 2.2.9 Fantasy Western
00:23:33 2.2.10 Florida Western
00:23:54 2.2.11 Horror Western
00:25:27 2.2.12 Indo Western
00:27:16 2.2.13 Martial arts Western (Wuxia Western)
00:28:04 2.2.14 Meat pie Western
00:28:44 2.2.15 Northwestern
00:29:25 2.2.16 Ostern
00:30:34 2.2.17 Pornographic Western
00:31:21 2.2.18 Ramen Western
00:31:51 2.2.19 Revisionist Western
00:33:22 2.2.20 Science fiction Western
00:34:23 2.2.21 Space Western
00:35:45 2.2.22 Spaghetti Western
00:37:24 2.2.23 Snow Western
00:37:52 2.2.24 Weird Western
00:38:37 2.3 Genre studies
00:40:10 2.4 Influences
00:45:03 3 Literature
00:46:24 4 Television
00:49:42 5 Visual art
00:50:33 6 Other media
00:50:52 6.1 Anime and manga
00:51:47 6.2 Comics
00:52:32 6.3 Games
00:53:32 6.4 Radio dramas
00:54:08 6.5 Web series



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SUMMARY
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Western is a genre of fiction incorporating Western lifestyle which tell stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, often centering on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse. Cowboys and gunslingers typically wear Stetson hats, neckerchief bandannas, vests, spurs, cowboy boots and buckskins (alternatively dusters). Recurring characters include the aforementioned cowboys, Native Americans, bandits, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, gamblers, soldiers (especially mounted cavalry, such as buffalo soldiers), and settlers (farmers, ranchers, and townsfolk). The ambience is usually punctuated with a Western music score, including American and Mexican folk music such as country, Native American music, New Mexico music, and rancheras.
Westerns often stress the harshness of the wilderness and frequently set the action in an arid, desolate landscape of deserts and mountains. Often, the vast landscape plays an important role, presenting a "...mythic vision of the plains and deserts of the American West". Specific settings include ranches, small frontier towns, saloons, railways, wilderness, and isolated military forts of the Wild West.
Common plots include:

The construction of a railroad or a telegraph line on the wild frontier.
Ranchers protecting their family ranch from rustlers or large landowners or who build a ranch empire.
Revenge stories, which hinge on the chase and pursuit by someone who has been wronged.
Stories about cavalry fighting Native Americans.
Outlaw gang plots.
Stories about a lawman or bounty hunter tracking down his quarry.Many Westerns use a stock plot of depicting a crime, then showing the pursuit of the wrongdoer, ending in revenge and retribution, which is often dispensed through a shootout or quick-draw duel.The Western was the most popular Hollywood genre from the early 20th century to the 1960s.
Western films first became well-attended in the 1930s. John Ford's landmark Western adventure Stagecoach became one of the biggest hits in 1939 and it made John Wayne a mainstream screen star. The popularity of Westerns continued in the 1940s, with the release of classics such as Red River (1948). Westerns were very popular throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Many of the most acclaimed Westerns were released during this time, including High Noon (1952), Shane (1953), The Searchers (1956), Cat Ballou (1965), The Wild Bunch (1969) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Classic Westerns such as these have been the inspiration for various films about W ...