Why Did the Western Genre Decline in Popularity from the 1960s

question 54

Multiple Choice

Why did the Western genre decline in popularity from the 1960s until the mid-2000s?

• A) because John Wayne's aging and eventual death robbed America of its greatest Western screen hero
• B) because the increasing use of photographic color diminished the appeal of a genre inextricably associated with black-and-white
• C) because the genre was seen to be out-of-touch with audiences who had new ideas about moral absolutes, Manifest Destiny, and the role of minorities in settling the West
• D) because audiences demanded movies in which homosexuals were portrayed as flawless heroes
• E) because the Western combined generic elements with those of the melodrama and romance

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