Filmmakers have long been drawn to “the Texan” as a character type. Our series Playing Texan revisits some of the most notable of these portrayals, from the legendary to the ludicrous, to determine what they say about how the world sees Texas—and how we see ourselves. For a guy who always seemed so stiff in front of a camera, whose lack of Hollywood glamour and mystique (especially compared to his predecessor) was such a constant thorn in his side, and who’s been dead for more than a half century, Lyndon B. Johnson has enjoyed a surprisingly durable career in showbiz. LBJ has popped up in scores of plays, movies, TV shows, and even video games, everything from Hey Arnold! to Oppenheimer to Metal Gear Solid.…
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