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THE OPENING ACT
MAY 4�11, 2022
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‘A WALK AROUND THE
SUN,’ ERIKA LEWIS
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RAISING THE CURTAIN
ON THIS WEEK’S ISSUE
Paramount Network
YELLOWSTONE’
REIMAGINES ‘THE
GODFATHER’
I
’m a bit late to this party, but
this year I became a fan of the
series “Yellowstone,” the Para-
mount Network’s hit show that is
returning for a fi fth season.
Paramount premiered “Yel-
lowstone” in 2018 to help launch
its then-fl edgling streaming
service. The show takes place in
Montana and follows the Dutton
family, who controls the largest
contiguous cattle ranch in the
United States.
Ranching is hard work, and in
this show, it’s deadly, with shoot-
outs, double-crosses, murder
and business as war. All of that
on top of the relationship turmoil
of the Duttons.
What hooked me was “Yel-
lowstone” in many respects is a
modern-day take on a classic of
American cinema: the Godfa-
ther franchise.
Kevin Costner portrays patri-
arch John Dutton, who is smart
and ruthless and devoted to
family and his ranch and runs it
much like Don Vito Corleone ran
his operations. Certain cowboys
even brand themselves to show
their loyalty and earn respect.
John Dutton has a number of
children and close relationships
who have parallels with Don
Corleone’s children — Sonny,
Michael and Fredo — and Tom
Hagen, consigliere and head
lawyer of the Corleone family.
For example Kayce Dutton
is the youngest of the Dutton
children and a former Navy SEAL
who you can see is one day go-
ing to run the operation. That’s
a lot like Michael Corleone,
youngest of the Don’s sons, who
seems reluctant to be involved
in his family business but also is
the only one to have served as a
soldier in war and becomes his
father’s successor.
And Jamie Dutton, an at-
torney and aspiring politician, is
the middle son and a ringer for
Fredo Corleone — both willing
to go against the family to fulfi ll
their desires to amount to some-
thing important.
There’s more, but you get the
gist.
“Yellowstone” begins fi lm-
ing its fi fth season in May, so it
should drop in the fall. Fans also
will be getting a longer season
this time split in two. Cliff hanger
coming for sure.
— PHIL WRIGHT, NEWS EDITOR,
EAST OREGONIAN
here’s a sense of urgency
in the lyrics of “A Walk
Around the Sun,” a hidden gem
of a country-Americana project
by a singer-songwriter known
previously as the singer in a
brassy French Quarter busker
band called Tuba Skinny.
The 11 songs Lewis wrote
represent a departure from
tourist-friendly New Orleans
street music. They soar not just
on the loveliness of her voice
but on emotional intensity and
the preciousness of time.
The songs range in style
from pure helpings of Patsy
Cline-style country to songs
with more drive that still
manage to be calming. In the
adventurously melodic “Wild
Thing,” for example, Lewis
works territory that recalls the
best work of Chris Isaak.
— THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNION COUNTY MUSEUM
Season Opening
Mother’s Day Sunday
May 8, 1 to 4 p.m.
Tour the museum, visit with board
members and volunteers.
Free admission. Refreshments.
Celebrating our 25th anniversay of acquiring
the Cowboys Then & Now Collection!
on Thurs. - Sat., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Seas rs
hou 333 South Main St., Union
www.ucmuseumoregon.com