Friday 11 November 2022 11:20 PM Non-woke Yellowstone create slams liberal media for branding the hit series a ... trends now
The creator of the Paramount smash hit Yellowstone hit back liberal media critics of the series, which he feels has painted it as a 'red state show' or conservative, arguing that anyone who thinks that 'probably never watched it.'
Taylor Sheridan, who is not only readying the series' fifth season set to premiere on Sunday but multiple star-studded spinoffs, spoke about the perception of the show in an interview.
Yellowstone was the most-watched show outside of the National Football League last year with viewers under the age of 50, topping all broadcast network series despite airing on the Paramount Network.
The series - which has been dubbed 'anti-woke' by some critics - was finally recognized by the SAG Awards earlier this year, but remains completely unloved by the Emmys, with some suggesting it's due to the perception of the show as conservative.
Sheridan rebuked that, saying: 'They refer to it as 'the conservative show' or 'the Republican show' or 'the red-state Game of Thrones and I just sit back laughing. I'm like, 'Really?' The show's talking about the displacement of Native Americans and the way Native American women were treated and about corporate greed and the gentrification of the West, and land-grabbing. That's a red-state show?'
The creator of the Paramount smash hit Yellowstone hit back liberal media critics of the series, which he feels has painted it as a 'red state show' or conservative, arguing that anyone who thinks that 'probably never watched it'
Taylor Sheridan (pictured left), who is not only readying the series' fifth season set to premiere on Sunday but multiple star-studded spinoffs, spoke about the perception of the show in an interview
Yellowstone was the most-watched show outside of the National Football League last year with viewers under the age of 50, topping all broadcast network series despite airing on the Paramount Network
The New York Times referred to the show as 'a conservative fantasy liberals should watch' and a negative review from The Guardian called it 'Game of Thrones set on a ranch.'
It's a far cry from when, just six years ago, the New York Post dubbed the Sheridan-written Jeff Bridges film Hell or High Water as being 'almost undone by its leftist leanings.'
Writer Kyle Smith then dubbed that film, which saw Sheridan nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe: 'A desperado drama wrapped around a Bernie Sanders campaign speech.'
He told the New York Times, however, that: 'People perceive all my stuff as ‘red state,’ and it’s the most ridiculous thing. If you truly look at this show or Sicario or Wind River, these are pretty wildly progressive notions.'
Sheridan told The Atlantic his main aim is 'responsible storytelling.' 'I wanted there to be real consequences. I wanted to never, ever shy away from, This was the price.'
He added later on that his politics - in particular, critiques in the past of both former President Donald Trump and the concept of white privilege - are more complex.
Sheridan told The Atlantic his main aim is 'responsible storytelling.' 'I wanted there to be real consequences. I
