By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-10 21:16:53 | Updated at 2025-01-10 23:59:42
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Landman co-creator Christian Wallace has spoken out after a legion of fans argued that the Paramount Plus series would be 'better without the hyper-sexualization' of the female characters.
The recently released drama, which is also from Yellowstone showrunner Taylor Sheridan, has caused tongues to wag in recent weeks over its 'embarrassing' portrayal of its leading women.
But Wallace has defended Landman's women, insisting characters like Ali Larter's character Angela Norris and her on-screen daughter Ainsley, played by Michelle Randolph, do actually exist.
'I will say, you can ask almost any West Texan if they know some loud, audacious, bold women, and you'll almost certainly get a resounding yes,' he said in a recent interview with Deadline.
'There is that big Texas personality to both Angela and Ainsley.
'And I think that is one of the things that I personally love about them.
Landman co-creator Christian Wallace has defended the show's female characters after viewers complained they were hyper-sexualized
Michelle Randolph (left) plays Ainsley Norris and Ali Larter (right) stars as Angela Norris
'There is just so much comedy and lightheartedness in those characters that really bring something to the show that has men getting crushed by pipes or burnt at an oil well.'
Wallace insisted that the women in Landman make the show what it is.
He added to the publication: 'You need that levity. The show wouldn't be what it is without having them.'
Wallace's comments come after Landman raised eyebrows with some X-rated conversations, leading viewers to blast Sheridan for having a 'perverted sense of what women are like.'
In one cringeworthy scene, lead actor Billy Bob Thornton's character Tommy asks his 17-year-old daughter Ainsley whether she's having sex with her boyfriend.
Ainsley confirms to her dad that while she is sleeping with her partner, they have a strict rule in the bedroom.
Tommy then daringly asks what the rule is, prompting his daughter to respond in very honest detail about the arrangement.
Needless to say, Tommy is left so lost for words that he quickly takes off to find a soda.
Fans have been critical over how the show's female characters are portrayed, with one writing on X: 'Is it just me or does anyone else agree Landman could be a great series without the over the top sex talk and profanity?'
Many Landman viewers have been vocal in their disapproval of how the show presents women.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one said: 'Landman would be better without the hyper-sexualization of the women and elderly - I mean his ex-wife and daughter are over the top - turning every move or comment back to sex… and taking the elderly on a group outing to a strip club demeans them.'
'Landman could be a great show... could be,' another continued. 'The women on the show are horrible human beings, and somehow they are on way too much.
'Taylor Sheridan has a perverted sense of what women are like.'
A third added: 'I want to enjoy the show, but the way they write the women on this show is so bad it's embarrassing, annoying, and distracting.
'Were there no women writers in the room at all?!! The only reason I keep watching is Billy.'
'Is it just me or does anyone else agree Landman could be a great series without the over the top sex talk and profanity?' wrote a fourth.
