โ Scribed by Matt Margini
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
First garnering both dismissal and intrigue as โGrand Theft Horse,โ Rockstar Gamesโ 2010 action-adventure Red Dead Redemption was met on its release with critical acclaim for its open-world gameplay, its immersive environments, and its authenticity to the experience of the Wild West. Well, the simulated Wild West, that is.
Boss Fight invites you to find out how the West was created, sold, and marketed to readers, moviegoers, and gamers as a space where โfreedomโ and โprogressโ duel for control of the dry, punishing frontier. Join writer and scholar Matt Margini as he journeys across the broad and expansive genre known as the Western, tracing the lineage of the familiar self-sufficient loner cowboy from prototypes like Buffalo Bill, through golden age icons like John Wayne and antiheroes like Clint Eastwoodโs โMan with No Name,โ up to Red Deadโs John Marston.
With a critical reading of Red Deadโs narrative, setting, and gameplay through the lens of the rich and ever-shifting genre of the Western, Margini reveals its connections to a long legacy of mythmaking that has colored not only the stories we love to consume, but the histories we tell about America.
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