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The addition/rejection of other genres for Western films (in particular) continues to be a huge problem:
Look at the Boetticher/Scott adult Westerns, for example: Budd Boetticher and Randolph Scott made seven very important, psychologically complex westerns: Buchanan Rides Alone (1958), Comanche Station (1960), Decision at Sundown (1957), Ride Lonesome (1959), 7 Men from Now (1956), The Tall T (1957) and Westbound (1958). Despite several attempts to add the Drama genre to these titles, IMDb has only accepted two (Buchanan Rides Alone and Comanche Station), while rejecting five (Decision at Sundown, Ride Lonesome, 7 Men from Now, The Tall T, the latter called "the best and bleakest of the Boetticher/Scott westerns" by Time Out, and Westbound). Despite several attempts to add the Drama genre to these five titles, IMDb has stubbornly and incorrectly resisted. Please, add the Drama genre to these five titles. Same goes for the Anthony Mann/James Stewart Westerns, as well as many others, This problem is indicative of a bigger problem as IMDb ignorantly resists adding other genres to Western titles, in particular, as well as other genres to other titles that meet IMDb's own genre requirements. Westerns, in particular, also often need Action, Adventure, Romance, Music and even Musical as accurate genres. And, it seems imperative that every Western title have Drama, Comedy or both to accurately reflect the reality. IMDb has been extremely inconsistent regarding this problem. The acceptance of a submission of Drama as a genre for one Western will be followed by the rejection of Drama as a genre for the very next submission. And, since Westerns often get remade, it is curious that one dramatic version of the SAME story may get the Drama genre while the next dramatic version of the SAME story does not. It just seems "hit and miss," without clarity on IMDb's part. Please, address this problem. It is very frustrating to see IMDb exhibit its seeming ignorance regarding the addition of accurate genres. (IMDb is much more receptive to deleting incorrect genres, by the way.) Genre purity and exclusivity is a rarity, so most titles may well need more than one genre
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