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Bennett is a devout Yellowstone watcher, and no doubt identifies with Dutton, who doesn’t suffer fools, doesn’t give much away, and is fighting the raging tide of change because he’d prefer things to be done as they’ve always been done. In other words, done his way. But it’s Dutton’s right-hand man, the taciturn rancher Rip Wheeler, on whom Bennett styles himself. ‘I always wanted to be like Rip,’ he tells me. ‘We’re not always right, but we’ll look after you. We’ll pay a price for you if you’re one of ours.
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