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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Love the scenery and watched all 3 episodes yesterday BUT I do feel the writer/producer really pushes this farm/rough/salt of the earth genre and its a bit political at this point. I watch it knowing that it's a bit propaganda-ish. [/quote]

Of course it's political, but I do think this one is pretty moderate and features at least a couple of strong female characters (lead plus neighbor's wife) .[/quote]

He definitely writes characters a certain way. Its a conservative trope and he has success doing it with multiple shows. Its just like writers who do the dumb dad trope with the shrill type A wife.

Landman was probably the worst at the political bent IMO. This is middle of the road so far but I do think its a good piece so far on grief. His characters are always kind of extremes. I mean look at this show- extreme wealth from NYC with all blonde women and a "hedge fund" type who apparently gets rammed over by his wife who seems shockingly self-absorbed and a nitwit and yet, in the latest episode she is working when all of the character building up to this point made her seem like a spoiled princess who doesnt work and whose life is paid for by Daddy. 
Theres a romanticization of rural life and farming and degradation towards "elite" coastal cities.  Instead of recognizing that there is a symbiotic balance between rural and urban- one provides food for the country and the other subsidizes the red areas- it's always the coastal outsiders are bad/flawed and the local people are the helpers/saviors. 
I do appreciate his acknowledgement of native issues. [/quote]

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