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In Reply to: A soundtrack in search of a film posted by clarkjohnsen on October 3, 2001 at 07:10:35:

"Guess they just can't help making fun, through caricature rather than character, of people they consider inferior to their brilliant selves -- in this case, Southerners. "
But they do this to everyone, so it's not like they're bigoted.
Raising Arizona: Southwesterners
Hudsucker Proxy: American corporate managers/50's urbanites
Fargo: Northwesterners
Big Lebowski: People from L.A. - all of them.
I don't think they're so much trying to make fun of these people for the sake of distinguishing their own brilliance, I believe it's just that they've discovered that you can tell a better story with extremely eccentric characters. Where eccentricities define the character and dictate a character's actions. Sure, it turns them into caricatures of real people and real cultures . . . but you wind up with a fun story.
When you read dilbert, do you complain that it's just another example of Scott Adams making fun of people he considers inferior to his brilliant self . . in this case, Human Resource personel? No, because his caricatures are funny .. and tell a good story.

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Topic - A soundtrack in search of a film - clarkjohnsen 07:10:35 10/03/01 (6)

Re: A soundtrack in search of a film - Joey 02:23:07 10/10/01 (0)

But they make fun of everybody. - brewthunda 14:06:39 10/03/01 (0)

O Brother, Where Art Thou Comin' From? - Audiophilander 08:52:27 10/03/01 (3)

Busby Klansman - Allan Songer 13:42:58 10/04/01 (1)

Thanks for the interesting bit of movie trivia, Allan! - Audiophilander 06:52:49 10/05/01 (0)

one good movie - late 14:20:09 10/03/01 (0)

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