The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.
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- TriviaWhile America's Great Depression began in 1929, it got an early start in Montana. The Great Depression began in Montana in 1918, almost 10 years before the rest of the nation. While the rest of America was thriving, Montana was struggling. Between drought and the reduced demand for agricultural products, due to the end of the "Great War" (aka First World War, from 1914 to 1918), many farmers suffered greatly. As a result, Montana farmers would default on wartime loans which lead to widespread bank failure throughout the state. Between 1921-1925, half of the farmers in Montana lost their land. By 1925, 70,000 of the 82,000 homesteaders in Montana left. In addition, 200 banks in Montana failed. Not only were crops affected by the drought, it was followed by locusts infestation and cattle succumbing to contagion.
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Brilliant!
With a cast headlined by heavyweights Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, the second "Yellowstone" prequel was certainly highly anticipated and hyped and - as is often not the case - what we see over eight episodes of the first season live up to the hype.
Taylor Sheridan is a genius. Everything is good in 1923 - costumes, scenery, writing, acting - as the Dutton family face The Great Depression in Montana (where it arrived much earlier than probably anywhere else in the world) and are involved in a land dispute. You know what you're going to get as far as acting goes from Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, whose resumes and accolades more than speak for themselves, but the rest of the cast is also brilliant. I liked Spencer Dutton who is haunted by what he did on the Western Front in World War One. The character perfectly represents the oft-forgotten side of war, and is one of the best in the Yellowstone universe. The side plot about Teonna Rainwater, who is persecuted at a Catholic-run boarding school for native Americans is brilliantly put together but, like so much else in 1923, is quite disturbing and violent.
Even if the original Yellowstone bites the dust (as has been heavily rumoured in recent months), I hope Taylor Sheridan keeps on making these spinoffs.
Taylor Sheridan is a genius. Everything is good in 1923 - costumes, scenery, writing, acting - as the Dutton family face The Great Depression in Montana (where it arrived much earlier than probably anywhere else in the world) and are involved in a land dispute. You know what you're going to get as far as acting goes from Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, whose resumes and accolades more than speak for themselves, but the rest of the cast is also brilliant. I liked Spencer Dutton who is haunted by what he did on the Western Front in World War One. The character perfectly represents the oft-forgotten side of war, and is one of the best in the Yellowstone universe. The side plot about Teonna Rainwater, who is persecuted at a Catholic-run boarding school for native Americans is brilliantly put together but, like so much else in 1923, is quite disturbing and violent.
Even if the original Yellowstone bites the dust (as has been heavily rumoured in recent months), I hope Taylor Sheridan keeps on making these spinoffs.
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- Mar 31, 2023
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