![]() ![]() ![]() And it is cruel.Īt the same time, Lonesome Dove subverts the Western genre throughout. Death comes from anywhere, at any time, and not just at the hands of a gunslinger. The women are whores, or at the very least treated as such. Their surroundings are not pristine, but rather a collection of well-worn locales that speak to the harshness of their world. There is no white-hatted hero, just a group of imperfect, haggard, unkempt men simply trying to survive. ![]() What sets Lonesome Dove apart from other Westerns is in how it doesn't glamorize the West. It's a journey that is filled with inclement weather, cattle rustling, gunfights, a good-hearted prostitute, and death, hitting all the tropes of the Western and more. From there, Lonesome Dove follows the journey of Gus, Call, and their companions: Joshua Deets ( Danny Glover), a tracker and scout from their Ranger days hard-working but thick-headed former Ranger "Pea Eye" Parker ( Tim Scott) Bolivar, ( León Singer), cook and former Mexican bandit and 17-year-old Newt Dobbs ( Ricky Schroder), who doesn't know that Call is his father. ![]()
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