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‘American Primeval’: How does the Netflix Brigham Young hold up to the real LDS prophet?
Audiences are devouring the grisly Netflix miniseries “American Primeval ... The same goes for the show’s depiction of polygamous prophet Brigham Young, second president of The Church ...
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‘American Primeval’ Makes Brigham Young Into a Chilling Western Villain
2025's FIRST PIECE of major historical fiction has landed, and it's Netflix's brutally violent and often-engrossing Western limited series, American Primeval. Set in 1857 Utah—where settlers ...
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Commentary: To learn the real lessons of history in ‘American Primeval,’ we need the real story
Many have recently commented on the wild historical inaccuracies of which the Netflix miniseries is guilty. I recently said the only thing that it got right was Brigham Young’s hair. That was an ...