CBS is going to run a reality version of the Beverly Hillbillies show. My guess is that the "family" will be gleaned by looking at the guest lists of the Jerry Springer show. Of course, they never make a show like this about Blacks or Hispanics, because that is obviously bigoted, but because the show makes fun of Southerners, that is, of course, good for a laugh. It just shows how much Hollywood looks down their noses at the rest of the country, and especially at the South. It has been a long time since Hollywood has made a movie like Sargeant York that portrays someone from the South as something other than a Klansman, a corrupt power-mad sheriff, or a Deliverance style inbred, violent hick.
Posted by John Bono at August 28, 2002 10:03 AM | TrackBack