Posted on Nov 3, 2023
Bass Reeves deserves better – 'Lawmen' doesn't do justice to the Black U.S. marshal
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"I really, really wanted to love Paramount+'s new series Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
Not just because it stars magnetic British actor David Oyelowo, in a series he reportedly worked more than eight years to get made. But because, as a Black man who loves Westerns, I have been complaining for decades about the need for someone to make a great TV show or film about Reeves, a real person who was among the first African Americans to serve as a deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi".
"I really, really wanted to love Paramount+'s new series Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
Not just because it stars magnetic British actor David Oyelowo, in a series he reportedly worked more than eight years to get made. But because, as a Black man who loves Westerns, I have been complaining for decades about the need for someone to make a great TV show or film about Reeves, a real person who was among the first African Americans to serve as a deputy U.S. marshal west of the Mississippi".
Bass Reeves deserves better – 'Lawmen' doesn't do justice to the Black U.S. marshal
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WOW DID NOT KNOW OF THIS: PO1 William "Chip" Nagel good day Brother William, always informational and of the most interesting. Thanks for sharing, have a blessed day!
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