Dead Man; The Backwards Journey of the Anti-Hero
“Know thyself” is part of the DNA of westerns—it’s what compels the hero to protect society or to fight it, to escape into the sunset or marry the storekeeper’s daughter. It’s the foundation of...
View ArticleRevising the West; or (Bucko’s) Top 10 Revisionist Westerns
Revise what? Nothing less than the ideals of Manifest Destiny, which proclaimed the superiority of European white manly manliness. As soon as westerns became awesome, they began revising, folding,...
View ArticleA Fistful of Westerns; or, History Channel Rounds Up Bucko’s Greatest Westerns
VERY pleased to announce an excellently fun gig with History Channel–the daunting task of recommending a series of westerns to savvy history buffs. Check out my recs at their History Shop (oh, and buy...
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