‘Yellowstone’ Director Taylor Sheridan Defends Series Against ‘Anti-Woke’ Claims

Wokies should be forced to watch all Clint Eastwood shows and movies.

https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/yellowstone-director-taylor-sheridan-defends-series-against-anti-woke-claims-1235430905/

“Yellowstone” creator Taylor Sheridan is defending the hit series after critics claimed the show, which premieres its fifth season on Sunday on Paramount Network, aligns with conservative values.

“They refer to it as ‘the conservative show’ or ‘the Republican show’ or ‘the red-state ‘Game of Thrones,’ ” Sheridan told The Atlantic. “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?”

It’s been dubbed by some critics as “anti-woke,” but despite that, or perhaps because of it, last year’s Season 4 topped the ratings charts, reeling in more viewers than any other program outside of the National Football League. Even so, cast members have been repeatedly snubbed for awards, and the program has yet to win an Emmy.

Sheridan’s goal with “Yellowstone,” he told The Atlantic, was to do “responsible storytelling” by emphasizing the gravity of consequence. In a Western setting, these consequences often translate to bloody deaths and sacrifice, usually for protection of family or property. The series was inspired in part by Clint Eastwood’s revisionist Westerns and the screenwriter’s first-hand experience growing up on a ranch in Waco, Texas.