The Harder They Fall review, Culture Whisper
Often when a traditional genre is taken and shaken to new places, it's an exciting brandish of reflection and reinvention. Although Jeymes Samuel's new revisionist Western The Harder They Fall sometimes stumbles, its all-Black cast – placed in a historically white genre – is something to applaud.
Even more than that, racism doesn't dominate the plot and slavery isn’t even mentioned. Considering the hurtful traumas brought up by movies and TV shows set in the same era, it’s refreshing to watch Black characters who actually thrive and enjoy themselves in a period setting.
