Your perspective is an interesting one.
Even though there are things you saw in the Sopranos that as someone with Italian heritage or at least, immersive exposure to Italians that you no doubt recognized.
My wife who is half Italian, had the same experience-there were things she understood quite well.
One of the things I try to stay on guard against is to keep in mind what I watch in “Yellowstone” is entertainment, and it needs to stay in that box. It isn’t history, and I think a lot of people who have watched it did not sandbox it in that fashion.
They think because they watched it, they understand Montana, cowboys, horses, cattle, reservations, Indians, etc.
They forget it is not only meant as entertainment, but is also someone trying to indoctrinate people to their viewpoint. Entertainment and indoctrination are not mutually exclusive for many people, and they are certainly doing it in “Yellowstone”. I have lost a lot of respect for Kevin Costner, because his fingerprints on it are very telling to me.
I wish it weren’t so.
That said, I find the performance of the Beth Dutton character in “Yellowstone” pretty amazing. That role is very well acted.
Too true! I read a lot of disputes between commenters on threads about the UK Royal Family because some freeper watched "The Crown" and thinks it was historically impeccable, which it reportedly wasn't at all. Much pseudo-historic entertainment is like "Tang" to anyone who likes orange juice—and history.