A Twenty-First-Century Horse Opera
Yellowstone sells a fantasy of rural America — and conservatism — no different from any other prime-time soap opera.
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Illustration by Sam Taylor.
“This is America,” John Dutton growls at tourists in an early episode of Yellowstone. “We don’t share land here.” He’s got a point. Contrary to the famous Woody Guthrie song, much of this land isn’t made for you and me; it’s made for men like Dutton — rich guys who inherited property and will do anything to […]