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[wickedflea]

I'm watching Sling Blade again, and I can say that, in general, it's bullshit. There are parts of it I love, but so much of the dialogue and acting would make the pope weep. I hate supposedly realistic but ultimately overblown and false depictions of the South.

I'm curious--those Southerners out there: what movies do you think get it right?

edit: OK, it's a good and touching movie. But some of it bugs the shit out of me.

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[labrujah.livejournal.com]

You know what's dead-on? King of the Hill. Also I rented a documentary by Ross McElwee (sp?) called Sherman's March where he tries to make a historical documentary but ends up dating all these women instead. And the friends I was watching with (not from the South) were pretty much blown away by the accents (which were obviously real).

I have a huge peeve b/c there is this one voice trainer in NY who trains all the big stars to do accents, and her interpretation of a southern accent is totally wrong. I think she trained Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump etc.

Great comment, I love movies about the South and other movies with a certain sense of place.