acid western
acid western is the alternative letter-case form of acid Western.
Noun capitalized: acid Western
acid Western (countable and uncountable, plural acid Westerns)
- A subversive and often surrealist western subgenre associated with 1960s counterculture.
- And here it’s harder to see a parallel. Iron Man and his pals might have to evolve into the equivalent of the morally nebulous, trope-reversing, acid western period into which its predecessor slipped just prior to its long goodbye.2015 September 4, Ben Child, “Are superhero movies really set to go the way of the western?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2022
Forms of acid western
| plural | acid westerns |
|---|---|
| plural | acid Westerns |
| alternative form | acid western |
Origin of acid western
Coined by American film critic Pauline Kael in a review of El Topo (1970).
Questions about acid western
- What does acid western mean?
- Acid western means a subversive and often surrealist western subgenre associated with 1960s counterculture.
- What is acid western the alternative letter-case form of?
- Acid western is the alternative letter-case form of acid Western.
- What part of speech is acid western?
- Acid western is a noun.
- What is the plural of acid western?
- The plural of acid western is acid westerns.
Words near acid western in the dictionary
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