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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: WESTERNS: Stagecoach (1939)
Description: CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism against Natives, bullying, animal cruelty.
Grab your six shooters and your saddles, we're kicking off our first-ever Westerns series! There's a lot in the genre for us to catch up on, and we start this week with a seminal film, one whose importance is unfortunately the only thing it's really got going for it. John Ford practically created the Western as we know making this movie but the dialogue and the characters are so rigid that it's somehow boring for a 90-minute movie. Still, if you've ever rolled your eyes...