Bass Reeves’ review: This show isn’t the Western epic we’d hoped for : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 3, 2023
David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves.
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David Oyelowo as Bass Reeves.
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I really, really wanted to love Paramount+'s new series Lawmen: Bass Reeves.
Not just because it stars magnetic British actor David Oyelowo, in a series he reportedly worked more than eight years to get made. But because, as a Black man who loves Westerns, I have . . .
