The McLusky brothers’ mother, Miriam, teaches history to incarcerated women in Mayor of Kingstown, and her lessons are fascinating — but is the Mayor of Kingstown true story, especially the Trail of Tears dogs left behind, accurate? Mayor of Kingstown continues co-creator Taylor Sheridan’s pattern of complex themes, delving into the shortcomings of America’s prison system along with Miriam’s lessons, which offer an elegant, yet devastating, look into systemic racism. Mayor of Kingstown is set in a town with seven prisons within a 10-mile radius where the McLusky brothers make it their business to blur the line between the criminals and law enforcement.
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