Welp, movies about the ghetto aren't 100% accurate either, they just catch the crazier stories.  BTW, there are more than a few documentaries that portray the southern mountain folk in a similarly dark light.  And 1 or 2 that show them in a better one.  Here's one:

Human behavior isn't going to change over night.  Masculinity has been like this for thousands of years.  You can WANT it to be different, but that's kind of like banging your head against the wall.  At some point the  problem becomes yours.

Human behavior isn't going to change over night.  Masculinity has been like this for thousands of years.  You can WANT it to be different, but that's kind of like banging your head against the wall.  At some point the  problem becomes yours.

Try giving 'helpful' advice like that to someone you actually know, please.  When you just assume what's going on in peoples heads you  end up sounding ridiculous AND being a general bother.

Try giving 'helpful' advice like that to someone you actually know, please.  When you just assume what's going on in peoples heads you  end up sounding ridiculous AND being a general bother.

You don't have to talk to everybody.  Go find someone to be nice to.

You don't have to talk to everybody.  Go find someone to be nice to.

I own that same version.  I'm pretty sure it's high noon and they tried to change it in pos-prod t to look like night fall.  Is it possible that with older tech it actually looked better?

I own that same version.  I'm pretty sure it's high noon and they tried to change it in pos-prod t to look like night fall.  Is it possible that with older tech it actually looked better?

I only just saw this a few years ago (in my mid 30s), and did not expect the infamous sodomy scene to phase me in the least.  That shit was terrifying!  One second you're sizing a guy up for a fist fight, the next second he's feeling your titty and yanking your shorts down.  I'm pretty sure i whimpered out loud.

I only just saw this a few years ago (in my mid 30s), and did not expect the infamous sodomy scene to phase me in the least.  That shit was terrifying!  One second you're sizing a guy up for a fist fight, the next second he's feeling your titty and yanking your shorts down.  I'm pretty sure i whimpered out loud.

So I'm supposed to believe his kids are mixed?  Then get new actors to play them.  Because blonde and blue isn't going to cut it.

So I'm supposed to believe his kids are mixed?  Then get new actors to play them.  Because blonde and blue isn't going to cut it.

I didn't believe one second of it.  And that threw the whole curve off for me.  I laughed at the opener, and then just sat waiting for him to wake up from the dayfream for 20 mins.

I didn't believe one second of it.  And that threw the whole curve off for me.  I laughed at the opener, and then just sat waiting for him to wake up from the dayfream for 20 mins.

I worked in a vault once.  They contracted the wrapping and boxing of the coin to a company (called Coin Wrap, derp) and i got hired on through them.  I was in my mid twenties…and black.  Talk about watched like a hawk.  I'm pretty sure they thought i was smuggling rolls of quarters out in my ass.  After about nine…

I worked in a vault once.  They contracted the wrapping and boxing of the coin to a company (called Coin Wrap, derp) and i got hired on through them.  I was in my mid twenties…and black.  Talk about watched like a hawk.  I'm pretty sure they thought i was smuggling rolls of quarters out in my ass.  After about nine…

Dap?  I left SoCal in the early 90s, they couldn't possibly still be saying that.  Or is that the joke?

Dap?  I left SoCal in the early 90s, they couldn't possibly still be saying that.  Or is that the joke?

AND she tells race jokes the way a thirteen year old white boy would.  Unsophisticated and slightly suspect (that "i'm naughty" grin doesn't make it ironic).  This is coming from a Lisa Lampanelli fan.