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Eleanors38

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24. When B. Hillbilies came out (I was 16), I found the

Mon May 27, 2013, 12:15 PM

May 2013

stereotypes and predicaments so unimaginative that the whole show was boring and tedious. Even now, here in DU, this reverse minstrelcy is played out with more glee than humor.

Barbara Kingsolver in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: "The antipathy in our culture between the urban and the nonurban is so durable, it has its own vocabulary: (A) city slucker, tenderfoot; (B) hick, redneck, hayseed, bumpkin, rube, yokel, clodhopper, hoecake, hillbilly, Dogpatch, Daisy Mae, farmer's daughter, from the provinces, something out of Deliverance. Maybe you can see where I'm going with this. The list is lopsided. I don't think there's much doubt, on either side, as to which class is winning the culture wars."

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The harsh reality behind Here Comes Honey Boo Boo (TLC comes to the UK) [View all] HiPointDem May 2013 OP

I'm sorry but this is pure snobbery. dkf May 2013 #1

It's only child exploitation and trash TV to boot. n/t cynatnite May 2013 #3

Don't be closed minded... They can both be terrible people... Pelican May 2013 #26

exactly, skip the humanity and focus on the stereotypes JCMach1 May 2013 #27

It's not really about a cute little pageant contestant. Gormy Cuss May 2013 #2

The author has a very valid point Hekate May 2013 #4

the author trades on those stereotypes BainsBane May 2013 #5

Project much? MattSh May 2013 #6

Do you know that's the case? BainsBane May 2013 #7

Sigh. From the tlc website. Berlum May 2013 #8

Wait, it's an actual pig? Lunacee_2013 May 2013 #9

It's a pig that the girl owns muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #12

Given that we're both here in the UK dipsydoodle May 2013 #19

In the UK, no, I wouldn't have known muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #23

Yes, and the pet pig crapped on the kitchen table. WorseBeforeBetter May 2013 #38

"sigh" BainsBane May 2013 #32

As far as basic fact-checking and not knowing the facts before you righteously accuse, yes, it is Hissyspit May 2013 #33

righteously? BainsBane May 2013 #39

The specific billboard ad for the UK launch: muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #10

Why, then, does the billboard show a real piglet? Cirque du So-What May 2013 #14

I expect TLC would say "it's her piglet; it appears in the show" muriel_volestrangler May 2013 #16

You got it-- not very subtle, eh? TreasonousBastard May 2013 #18

More like a metaphor for the whole show Gormy Cuss May 2013 #34

no. the girl has a pig, and she put a tiara on it. the *advertisers* may be using it HiPointDem May 2013 #37

Poor whites are everybody's favorite target; they deserve it, doncha know? Eleanors38 May 2013 #11

I've read that Cirque du So-What May 2013 #15

Yeah, you need a groundswell to deter crap stereotypes, it seems. Eleanors38 May 2013 #17

And as you mentioned earlier Cirque du So-What May 2013 #21

When B. Hillbilies came out (I was 16), I found the Eleanors38 May 2013 #24

Add to the list Cirque du So-What May 2013 #25

the beverly hillbillies was pure genius arely staircase May 2013 #41

Andy Griffith, I'll take. Hillbillies: Bleet. Eleanors38 May 2013 #42

ok, well at least we agree on andy arely staircase May 2013 #43

Good stories, great cast. Eleanors38 May 2013 #44

"Class Dismissed - How TV Frames the Working Class" is a great documentary about this topic arcane1 May 2013 #28

Yes, I've seen it too Cirque du So-What May 2013 #29

Thanks for the info, I just watched it BuelahWitch May 2013 #35

what a disgrace the LEARNING channel has become leftyohiolib May 2013 #13

Yes, it used to be pretty good. HooptieWagon May 2013 #30

That disgrace encompasses all of cable-tv now. kentauros May 2013 #46

Thank goodness nobody on DU ever bashes poor Southern whites (nt) Nye Bevan May 2013 #20

What? They're fair game! Cirque du So-What May 2013 #22

I know! Here's where a DUer wished us early deaths. cordelia May 2013 #40

Post Jerry Springer ...can only go down hill from there. L0oniX May 2013 #31

It all began with "COPS" Tom Ripley May 2013 #36

I think it all began with "Green Acres" MindPilot May 2013 #45

I was prepared to make fun of the family Generic Other May 2013 #47