Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Landman:’ Great Drama, But Not Exactly Reality

Is Tommy Norris, the lead character portrayed by Billy Bob Thornton in Taylor Sheridan’s runaway hit television drama, “Landman,” really a landman as the oil and gas industry has traditionally defined the role? It’s a question many in the industry and among those who, like me, write and talk about it have asked and tried to answer in the months during a…