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WACK-A-n00b t1_j9vrtzo wrote

They ride horses.

But to defend the point, western genre is about the struggle against a frontier without a justice system, with disjointed or no support of authoritative body, hostile locals, tryically set in the American West which is usually depicted as hostile difficult to live off of land.

Yellowstone is not a western, I think.

Mandalorian and Last of Us would be I think.

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acosmichippo t1_j9vtgoz wrote

> But to defend the point, western genre is about the struggle against a frontier without a justice system, with disjointed or no support of authoritative body, hostile locals, tryically set in the American West which is usually depicted as hostile difficult to live off of land.

you could say that about any post-apocalyptic media.

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RusevReigns OP t1_j9vuv4j wrote

I agree Yellowstone may actually be the least western, it's more of a mob show at heart and appealed to the people watching Godfather reruns on the former Spike TV. But it still has a lot of horsey and cowboy hat guys so I think it's still a bit of a western.

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WeDriftEternal t1_j9wbl3c wrote

Yellowstone is Sons of Anarchy, but cowboys instead of motorcycles

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