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How Taylor Sheridan Won the West
The Leadership Lessons — and Shocking Spirituality — of Taylor Sheridan’s 1923
Taylor Sheridan is conquering culture by marrying Westerns with the story of family.
Sheridan’s third series about the Dutton family, 1923, is the best TV miniseries on the power of family since Roots was watched by a record 130 million in January 1977.
Yes, Sheridan’s 1923 (like Yellowstone and 1883) involves graphic sex, violence, greed, evil, pride, a selfish desire for revenge, and the only religious figures we see are wicked.
Like in the Bible? If you stick with the whole story, he eventually reveals a hidden Biblical worldview as the secret to success.
But wait, you heard 1923 was anti-Christian? You haven’t seen the shocking way the series concludes.
The epic struggle leads to something no one was expecting to see.
Unraveling the Hidden Spiritual Layers in Taylor Sheridan’s 1923
The cruel clergy, nuns, and priests beat outsiders for disobedience, demanding that the Christian order overwhelm the disorder of the Wild West.
But disorder leads to a call to a higher order. Retribution — an “eye for an eye” — is…
