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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
The Humor (and Harsh Realities) of Reservation Dogs
Looking for a new binge now that the 2020-2021 TV season is really and truly over? Joanna Robinson has a recommendation: Reservation Dogs, the FX on Hulu comedy that just wrapped its first season. The series, which follows a group of Native American friends who pull petty heists in hopes of saving up to escape their Oklahoma reservation, has a sharp and specific point of view, thanks to its largely Native cast and creative team. “I think that Native comedy is a sophisticated comedy,” series cocreator Sterlin Harjo tells Robinson. “It’s not punch line. It’s about the silences and then it’s about teasing. It has a slower rhythm to it. The laughter is in the silences between jokes.”
Elsewhere in HWD, David Canfield explains the voting rulethat could be to blame for the lack of nuance among Emmy winners; Rosie Perez takes Morgan Evans inside her Emmy night prep; Kaitlyn Dever chats with Britt Hennemuth about her packed fall slate; and everything hits the fan in the latest episode of Love Is a Crime.
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