Is Hollywood’s Wyoming — a vortex for mayhem and violence — the story we want to tell?

From “Yellowstone” to “The Last of Us,” fictional Wyoming teems with murder and meanness. Why do outsiders portray us this way?

Posted 7/24/24

In my house, we track how Wyoming is portrayed on TV. It’s become a bit of a joke. In the series “Yellowstone,” the murdered are told they’re being “taken to the train …

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Is Hollywood’s Wyoming — a vortex for mayhem and violence — the story we want to tell?

From “Yellowstone” to “The Last of Us,” fictional Wyoming teems with murder and meanness. Why do outsiders portray us this way?

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Is Hollywood’s Wyoming — a vortex for mayhem and violence — the story we want to tell?

From “Yellowstone” to “The Last of Us,” fictional Wyoming teems with murder and meanness. Why do outsiders portray us this way?

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