David Squires delves into… the tropes of Taylor Sheridan
“You can often use commercial breaks to your benefit,” the all-American cowboy and filmmaker Taylor Sheridan once remarked. That defining quote perhaps makes him the foremost auteur when it comes to incorporating the sale of Fords, vacations to Montana, and insurance policies.
The permanently hatted Yellowstone creator has also perhaps used these respite windows to boost his productivity. In recent years, he has rapidly bolstered his filmography, and you could even argue that he is behind the rise of the neo-western genre.
He once explained, “People have seen so many films that they can intuit what happens next. They can feel ‘Here’s what’s coming.’ I wanted it to feel like anything could happen at any point.” But generally speaking, it will involve a gun, a long shot, a horse, and despair.
With that in mind, our resident cartoonist, David Squires, muses that we might not be all that far away from a ‘choose your own adventure’ incarnation of the Taylor Sheridan universe.
