Mimi Leder on ‘Reservation Dogs’: ‘I Watched It in a Constant State of Tears and Laughter’
variety.comMimi Leder As part of Variety‘s 100 Greatest Television Shows of All Time issue, we asked 12 of our favorite creators of television to discuss the series that inspire and move them.
Check out all the essays, and read our full list of the best TV shows ever made. “Reservation Dogs” reminds me of… absolutely nothing I’ve ever seen before.
The series, created by Native American Sterlin Harjo and Native Kiwi Taika Waititi, is a brilliantly written, directed and acted coming-of-all ages story, a heartbreaking, and heart-soaring, spiritual comedy-drama.
It is also a masterpiece. Although “Res Dogs” starts out as a madcap caper with its core quartet of young teens stealing a delivery truck of Flaming Flamers hot chips, it grows in power and impact onto a whole other plane.
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