tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post1142591943676644580..comments2023-08-26T08:53:31.388-04:00Comments on Smokey Mountain Breakdown: Exactly what part of "Country Music Television" did you not understand?Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-43031840137856413912008-08-28T17:19:00.000-04:002008-08-28T17:19:00.000-04:00Oh, it's dreadful, Idgie--and this is my county. ...Oh, it's dreadful, Idgie--and this is my county. We are the butt of too many jokes, but it's one thing when our fellow Appalachians poke fun at us, but it's an entirely other thing when it's done on this scale.<BR/><BR/>It's just painful to watch--I'm so embarrassed <I>for</I> the production company--a typical Southern reaction.<BR/><BR/>Cocke County has the total Appalachian experience with everything you could imagine--it also has a rich literary tradition between Wilma Dykeman and Catherine Marshall, opera singers, actors, stage and screen professionals.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, these people didn't come here with any interest in doing anything but mocking Southern life and Southerners. It's just so 1970's. And what is so perverse is that they are mocking their own demographic.<BR/><BR/>History Channel, Nat'l Geo and Discovery have all come here to use Cocke County's resources and have produced excellent respectful programming. Cocke County is very special because it is a hold-out for Appalachian culture models already extinct in other parts of the range. We should be proud of this--moonshine, fighting chickens and all.Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264435407129343604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-23628070004354763182008-08-28T16:44:00.000-04:002008-08-28T16:44:00.000-04:00At first my mouth hung open when I saw it. By the...At first my mouth hung open when I saw it. By the time Bobby was trying to buy "tater water" I looked at my husband and begged, "Please tell me this is not a real reality show".<BR/><BR/>The people look pretty dern fake to me, but like the review says, to a non-Southerner.........<BR/><BR/>Again, this takes us back to why I started the Dew a few years ago...Idgie @ the "Dew"https://www.blogger.com/profile/10594696368832063076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5533056.post-89445211404977904162008-08-28T10:51:00.000-04:002008-08-28T10:51:00.000-04:00Tell us what you really think! :)A Reality show sh...Tell us what you really think! :)<BR/><BR/>A Reality show should be strong on the "reality". part. Otherwise, a gentle humourous show would be more appropriate.Tossing Pebbles in the Streamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04354065895900279070noreply@blogger.com