I have written previously about the conservative merits of the modern Western Yellowstone. One clear aspect where the show flies in the face of contemporary woke culture is in embracing the traditional view of masculinity such as the John Wayne man. A Western is just the place to do this, with men fighting the elements and other men on some defined frontier. Yellowstone is full of such men, such as the patriarch John Dutton, and Rip wheeler is right hand man. They solve problems old school way, which probably could not be done in a place like Australia, but it is nice to dream about the world to come. But, fiction is may be, still the idea of toxic masculinity gets a swift kick, since may problems cannot be dealt with soft measures. It requires “true grit.”
https://amgreatness.com/2023/01/19/yellowstone-as-a-commentary-on-manliness-and-femininity/
