Ethan Hawke’s “Lowdown” hero is doing his best, even though he’s the worst

Ethan Hawke invoked Robert Redford‘s name during a conversation about “The Lowdown” that took place the day after the cinematic icon died. Both Hawke and series creator Sterlin Harjo have significant connections to Redford’s Sundance Institute system, but what compelled the actor to pay his respects to the Hollywood legend was a twice-repeated sentiment in the show’s pilot: “There’s nothing worse than a white man who cares.”

Keith David’s private investigator, Marty, says this to Hawke’s Lee Raybon, the so-called “truthstorian” obsessed with digging up dirt on the Washbergs, one of Tulsa, Oklahoma’s most powerful families. Marty is working for gubernatorial candidate Donald Washberg (Kyle MacLachlan) and doesn’t understand why Lee wants to take him down so badly.

Tulsa Beat publisher Cyr