Paramount's LAWMEN: BASS REEVES from Taylor Sheridan (2023) 0

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David Oyelowo and Taylor Sheridan's Lawmen: Bass Reeves Will Be Your New Favorite Western

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Westerns have always been popular, but there’s been a recent resurgence in their prominence in the world of TV, with shows like Yellowstone and 1883 leading the charge. Now, there’s a new series set to premiere soon, and it looks like a good one.

 

Lawmen: Bass Reeves is an upcoming Paramount+ original, and it’ll follow the life and story of the real-life Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves who patrolled the West during the 1800s. And while Reeves is a legendary figure (his obituary even stated that "no history of frontier pay in Indian territory would be complete with no mention of Bass Reeves, and no tale of the old days of "Hell on the Border," could be told without the old deputy marshal as a prominent character), his story is still mostly unknown to the masses.

 

“Within a very cursory Google search, I couldn’t believe I didn’t know who he was—and that a myriad of TV shows and films hadn’t been made about him already, considering the legendary nature of what he had done,” David Oyelowo, actor and executive producer told Vanity Fair.

 

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“Lawmen: Bass Reeves” bears many of the trademarks of executive producer Taylor Sheridan, who now counts the anthology drama among his sprawling (and still growing) stable of shows for the streaming service Paramount+. The hour-long series is a big-budget Western with an overqualified cast — a rough synopsis that also applies to Sheridan touchstones like “1883” and “1923,” both star-studded prequels to his breakout hit “Yellowstone.”

 

In 2019, Reeves was a minor character in Damon Lindelof’s “Watchmen”; here, he gets a starring role.

 

“Bass Reeves” is recognizably of a piece with Sheridan’s filmography, while striking a tone and moving at a pace of its own. It’s a more sustainable execution of the power producer’s distinct vision — and, more importantly, a better one than some recent attempts.

 

As an introduction, “Bass Reeves” makes the convincing argument that the Western can expand without a total reimagining. 

 

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Three episodes in and I am liking this show so far. Solid mix of character development, good acting and engaging storytelling.

Really good casting too.

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Definitely a hardcore roughriding Western story.

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Mister Sundown is down for the count!