By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-08 20:45:00 | Updated at 2025-01-09 11:40:44
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Landman viewers all seem to be in agreement that the Paramount Plus series would be 'better without the hyper-sexualization' of the female characters.
The recently released drama from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is set within the world of oilfields in West Texas, where 'roughnecks and wildcat billionaires are fueling a boom so big it's reshaping our climate, our economy, and our geopolitics.'
Billy Bob Thornton helms the series as petroleum Landman and an Operations VP at an oil company, Tommy Norris.
He's joined by Ali Larter, Jacob Lofland, Michelle Randolph, Paulina Chávez, Kayla Wallace, Mark Collie, James Jordan and Demi Moore, while Jon Hamm stars in a recurring guest role.
But since Landman arrived to television screens on November 17, viewers have all been saying the same thing about the show's leading ladies - that they've been written 'so bad it's embarrassing.'
In one cringeworthy scene, Billy's character Tommy asks his 17-year-old daughter Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) whether she's having sex with her boyfriend.
Landman viewers all seem to be in agreement about how the Paramount Plus series portrays women
Fans have argued that the newly released series would be 'better without the hyper-sexualization' of the female characters
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's reaction is priceless and he quickly takes off to find a soda.
In another scene, Tommy sexualizes his ex-wife over the phone during a heated exchange.
'You know, one of the great joys of being divorced is I don't have to listen to this s**t,' he says amid her nagging.
'Enjoy the beach, your t**s look great.'
Audiences have flooded social media to scold Landman's portrayal of women, with one going as far as saying that Sheridan has a 'perverted sense of what women are like.'
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.
In one cringeworthy scene, Tommy asks his daughter if she's having sex with her boyfriend
Viewers voiced their grievances with the show on social media
'They are more than "sex." And stripping (pun intended) them to either constant napping or all out sex and drunkenness is childish at best and disgustingly vile at worst.
'There are ways they could preserve their dignity yet still have a great show. SMH - be better Taylor Sheridan.'
Another slammed: 'Is it just me or does anyone else agree Landman could be a great series without the over the top sex talk and profanity?'
'Look, Landman is outstanding,' a third began. 'It's everything you've heard and more. But holy hell I need the writers to make the wife and daughter 64 percent less intolerable.
'They're INSUFFERABLE. Please write one single redeeming thing about them … the show is so good but…'
Echoing a similar sentiment, another wrote: 'Landman is such a great show I just really wish they didn't make the mom and daughter insufferable.'
A fifth said: 'Landman is the most hit or miss show I've ever seen. Any scene with the daughter and ex-wife (new girlfriend?) could be eliminated and make this show significantly better.'
'Landman could be a great show... could be,' a sixth 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 seventh 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.'
In November, Entertainment Weekly noted in its review 'man, does this new Taylor Sheridan drama hate women.'
They continued: 'I'm not mad, sir, just disappointed. Landman's pilot is fantastic, and I praised it as such.
'The underlying themes — including the world's reliance on an industry that could destroy the planet — could not be timelier and more provocative.
'As the episodes progressed, however, and Sheridan proceeded to double, triple, and quadruple down with his tired takes on women, it was hard to maintain that same level of enthusiasm.'
