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Why isn’t slavery depicted in many Westerns? | Django Unchained Part 3

January 18, 2024 Cheryl Mok and Lara Bulger Season 1 Episode 186
Why isn’t slavery depicted in many Westerns? | Django Unchained Part 3
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Why isn’t slavery depicted in many Westerns? | Django Unchained Part 3
Jan 18, 2024 Season 1 Episode 186
Cheryl Mok and Lara Bulger

Even though westerns are set around the same time as the civil war, slavery isn’t often portrayed in the genres. Why is that? In this episode, we chat about how changing contemporary audience interests and attention spans may have something to do with the complexity of storytelling in the modern day western genre.


Let us know what you think and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WTF_WithUs


Theme Music Credit: Ultra Lights by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/61225 Ft: Javolenus


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Even though westerns are set around the same time as the civil war, slavery isn’t often portrayed in the genres. Why is that? In this episode, we chat about how changing contemporary audience interests and attention spans may have something to do with the complexity of storytelling in the modern day western genre.


Let us know what you think and chat with us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WTF_WithUs


Theme Music Credit: Ultra Lights by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/61225 Ft: Javolenus