Yellowstone, Not Succession, is the Real Trump Allegory
by Ryan Scott Two modern soap operas about rich, entitled families are coming back for Season 2 in June. Succession was the popular and critical darling, with great performances, witty banter, and permanently cranked to eleven. It’s basically a Murdoch family allegory – rich dysfunctional New York business elites – but there are enough Trump parallels available that many have tried to make the connection. In doing so, they missed the real Trump series, probably because Yellowstone is dressed up in cowboy hats and lost in the woods of Montana (and on the Paramount network, which, people promise me, is a real thing). Yes, it skews more melodramatic and slightly less believable, but the visuals are stunning and it’s written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, the writer of Sicario and Hell or High Water (and the writer-director of Wind River , my favorite movie of 2017). It’s no slouch. Oh yeah, and it stars Kevin Costner. Costner plays a Montana...