Without excusing it, because I don't, there also has to be a discussion about the cost of single issues, which the average for Marvel and DC is about $7 in Canada. I wonder if that is driving piracy at all.

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Any overt connection here to Humboldt, David?

Don't forget Yancey's championing of Indigenous rights, even as he works to take their land. Deeply contradictory movie.

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Cimarron is essentially a celebration of the colonization of Indigenous lands. It’s abhorrent to watch in 2025, and we’re ranking it appropriately at No. 50 out of 52 films watched so far.

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But the plot drags late during an inexplicable courtroom scene in which a freshly returned Yancey betrays Sabra to defend a woman she hates. (This is just me, but nothing ruins a movie like a protracted courtroom scene.)

Cimarron does some things well. It makes excellent use of extras. The town feels like a big, lived-in place. The opening land rush scene is thrilling and well shot for its time. The plot also uses time jumps to effectively move things along.

Sabra is the long-suffering wife trope, albeit in an oddly feminist movie. She longs for civilized society. She starts a women’s club and builds up the newspaper after Yancey has abandoned the family, and is later made a congresswoman. But she never gives up her hate for Indigenous characters.

Yancey and Sabra are at odds throughout the movie. He wants to bring civilization to a place, but not live in civilized lands, so he repeatedly abandons his family for new frontiers.

Cimarron has exceptional hate for Indigenous characters, only one of whom gets a small bit of dialogue. Sabra despises Indigenous people, while Yancey seemingly champions Indigenous land rights while also eagerly taking part in colonization.

This is a deeply racist movie. It addresses race but gives no agency to Black and Indigenous characters. The Black servant Isaiah is a child with a stutter who speaks in a servile way. (Isaiah’s death scene however, when he meekly calls for help from an obvious Yancey, is touching and infuriating.)

The protagonist Yancey played by Richard Dix is driven to bring “civilization” to the land. He drags his wife Sabra and son Cim to the place, where he sets about starting a newspaper and building a city.

Cimarron is about the Oklahoma land rush of the late 19th century, which kicked the Osage off their land. Sound familiar? Yes, this is indeed the white perspective on Killers of the Flower Moon.