Typically a series five seasons in can show signs of wear and tear.
Not to mention, it features several twists and turns one doesnt see coming.
People had stopped pretending to get along.
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In the Coens version the story follows the husband.
He is the subject of the story.
The wife is the object.
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First she is whisking.
Then she has a bag over her head.
Then she is dead.In my version the wife, Dorothy Dot Lyon, is the subject.
And through the unpacking of the word Wife, I could in turn play with ideas of masculinity.
This is the power of the limited series.
For example, if each of us has a cow grazing in a pasture there is balance.
The pasture sustains itself and enriches all our lives.
Someone who stood up to bullies.
And through her, my hope was, the best parts of Minnesota Nice could be restored.
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