Ethan Hawke's Overlooked Western Series With A 98% Rotten Tomatoes Score Is A Must

James McBride's "The Good Lord Bird" might not be on the average reading list, but it's perfectly suited for a stellar television interpretation. Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard's Showtime miniseries adaptation is proof of this, as it competently translates the novel's somber premise and bizarre humor into a subversive, if overlooked, historical Western drama. Resisting the traditional expectations associated with Civil War-era stories , "The Good Lord Bird" embraces irreverence with great gusto, as it doesn't believe in audience hand-holding while delving into the darkest corners of history. After all, the story is told from the perspective of Henry "Onion" Shackleford (Joshua Caleb Johnson), a fictional character who becomes a part of real-life abolitionist John Brown's (Hawke) raid on Ha