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Deadwood’s Moral Optimism
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Deadwood’s Moral Optimism

By
Daniel Vollaro
/ 26 August 2024

Individualism was not the dominant force on the American frontier, as most Westerns would have you believe. Deadwood explores the era’s cooperation and moral optimism.

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In Defense of the Influence of ‘Difficult Men’

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Colin McGuire
/ 18 September 2013
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Retro Future: Reviving ‘Have Gun — Will Travel’ and ‘The Rifleman’

By
Kit MacFarlane
/ 25 February 2013
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‘All Star Western’ Is at Home, Back East

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shathley Q
/ 4 October 2011
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Deadwood: The Complete Second Season

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 10 July 2006
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‘Deadwood’ Evokes the Barbed Intensity of Live Theatre

By
Lesley Smith
/ 21 March 2005
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Deadwood

By
PopMatters Staff
/ 12 April 2004

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