![]() ![]() The last socially accepted stereotype, cont’d The following are images that seem to continually appear in movies and television shows featuring southern characters: The Backwoods Bubba! He'll tell you his name, but don't ask him to spell it! The Devilish Debutante! She says she's a virgin, a natural blonde and a fabulous cook … but she's not that innocent The Dingy Belle! Often a former beauty queen, politician's wife and/or aging widow, well-dressed, old-fashioned Belles are always afflicted with a bit of Scarlett fever. Dukes of Hazard is also gives the sterotypical image of the good ole' boys roughin’ it up in the deep south. ![]() This return of the Great Bumpkin, perpetuated by films like Alabama and embarrassing series such as The Anna Nicole Show, makes Andy Griffith seem gloriously complex.” As National Review writer Rod Dreher asserted in a recent column (and yes, I'm actually about to quote the National Review ), Southerners - specifically, poor Southern whites - are 'the only ethnic group in the country that it is permissible to mock in polite company.' Mary notes: Hollywood would love to have you believe that Jed and his family are the mirror perfect image to what a Southerner is. The Southern hillbilly/redneck image: the last remaining socially acceptable stereotype? “ It's been 40 years since The Beverly Hillbillies debuted, but, with increasing regularity, the same Southern myths are passing for entertainment. ![]() ![]() Well the first thing you know ole Jed’s a millionaire, Kinfolk said Jed move away from there Said Californy is the place you ought to be So they loaded up the truck and moved to Beverly. Hillbillies in the Big City Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, Then one day he was shootin' at some food, And up through the ground came a bubblin' crude. Hillbillies and Rednecks From 17 th Century Ireland to the Appalachian Mountains By: Amelia Blubaugh, Autumn Bryant, Mary Cline, Veronica Johnson, and Andrew Steele ![]()
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