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This is a good point. We've been idealizing rural / commoner folk for a while. IIRC, French nobility in the 18th or 19th century had the habit of running out t
by JBlue42 9y ago
This is a good point.
We've been idealizing rural / commoner folk for a while. IIRC, French nobility in the 18th or 19th century had the habit of running out to the country and playacting as peasants for fun.
Not to mention there's a glut of 'rural/blue collar porn', (Duck Dynasty, etc) or at least there was a few years back. Some of that maybe people watched condescendingly but there could also be the tendency of portraying these folks as knowing something others do not.
- hiuaql 9y agoDuck Dynasty's audience was not substantially less rural / blue collar than the cast. There's a glut of "urban white collar porn": Nearly all mainstream television sitcoms and dramas.
- JBlue42 9y agoThink I had this older article in the back of my head when writing that: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/here_comes_honey_boo_boo_and_the_history_of_the_hillbilly_in_america_.html http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2012/08/here_c... I don't disagree about urban white collar porn (sitcoms, dramas, sure but all those house hunting shows too) but neither of these were the main thrust of my comment.