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It's not a well-defined movie genre. Most people agree that it should include rural southern scary movies -- the kind where protagonists go on a happy road trip/vacation/move/family visit and find themselves being sucked into a quicksand of crime/mysticism/depravity. |
Because those rural southerners, y'know, can sure be mysterious and creepy. |
We're going broad with our definition of hicksploitation. |
It helps to have some creepy, but funny is good, too, as long as it still plays off those over-the-top perceptions of our culture. Heck, there are a couple of cinematic classics on this list along with stuff you'll only find in a bargain bin. And there are a couple of campy documentaries. |
Big-bellied sheriffs on the take. Small towns swallowed up by organized crime. Hard time and chain gangs. Moonshine. Souped-up cars. Forked-tongue politicians and businessmen. Farmer's daughters. |
I'm going to offer a list that is mostly my favorites, along with some others that other people swear by. |
Kids in school used to say this movie was based on a true story. With no Google in those days, you could tell a lot of stories in school. |
This is the movie that was remade into the Dukes of Hazzard for television. The movie's a little more raw. |
A very campy documentary. The filmmaker reportedly intended to report on a rash of insurance fraud in the area -- which was nicknamed "Nub City" -- but was influenced otherwise by locals who were less than enthused. |
If you've never seen this movie, it's going to surprise you by how good it actually is. If you can get past the "purty mouth" stuff, that is. |
Swinging a hickory club can be cathartic. |
Warning: There's a lot of Burt Reynolds on this list. |
The sequel to White Lightning. It is unsettling to see Jerry Reed play this bad of a character this well. |
Maybe the cinematic masterpiece of this list. Certainly the granddaddy of all chain-gang movies. |
How many cars and trucks tore out of southern drive-in parking lots as the credits rolled on this one? |
I never considered this film part of this genre until someone else mentioned it. And I was persuaded, what with the crime and greasy, backwoods characters. Plus, it's an awesome movie. |
It's Burt again. In real life, Reynolds was a halfback at Florida State before he was sidelined by a knee injury. His teammate and roommate, incidentally, was ESPN's Coach Lee Corso. |
Another mysterious rural family turns out to be super freaky. This one in the Southwest. |
Another documentary about a throwback of an Appalachian outlaw family. |
On the comedy edge of the genre. But it has too many of the right elements and is just too awesome to leave off. If you have no idea what the characters are saying into those funny phone-looking things in their vehicles, click here to see our glossary of CB terms. |
This one stars Jennifer Lawrence and methamphetamine, both of which would later star in many more recognizable productions. |
Click here to check out a glossery of CB terms used in Smokey and the Bandit. |
Click here to read the news story of Burt Reynolds' death at age 82. |
It's been another good day for Senate candidate Gustavo Rivera, with both City Comptroller John Liu and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio endorsing him in his race against embattled State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. |
Perhaps more importantly, Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. and Assembly Jeffrey Dinowitz have also announced they're supporting him. They plan to make it official at a press conference on Monday morning. More here and here. Rivera, you may recall, has been wooing Diaz for some time. |
Labels: gustavo rivera, Jeffrey Dinowitz, pedro esapda, ruben diaz jr. |
The problem with all of these endorsement is that it is just that "endorsements". It means nothing unless Diaz and Dinowitz provide troops to the race, which is very unlikely. They only provide troops for their own races. Let's see how much they are really willing to do. |
Wow, someone knows politics around here. Espada must be laughing his head off since he knows full well these two guys are just endorsing and they are just hoping Gustavo will win. I guarantee you will not find any of their people helping out in the last couple of weeks before eletion. |
So where's Carl Heastie? Still a gutless political hack. And by the way, the people who wrote the two previous quotes don't know what they're talking about. |
carl heastie? wasnt he the one who putted the ball of to dinowitz regarding pedro and the bronx dem party? someone in here said gutless? |
You get to endorse, not vote pedro out of the party, get padernect about 10% of the vote-just enough for gustavo to lose-and im sure the gustavo/bill samuels monies will supply jeffrey the monies to replemish the ben franklin club whilesupplying little real support. remind me-who wins????? |
This is the second time you've posted something about Dinowitz supporting Padernacht and it was idiocy the first time. Dinowitz urged Padernacht to drop out of the race. He doesn't support him and never did. You don't know what you're talking about. But, for you, that's nothing new. |
as usual you don't know what you are talking about. Heastie didn't put anything to Dinowitz. The responsibility of party enrollment is in the party rules as the responsibility of the "Chair of the County Committee" which Jeff Dinowitz is, not the "Chair of the Executive Committee" which is what Heastie is. You are supposed to be a "reporter" but you spew emotion and not fact. Is this because your so called candidate Mark Rodriguez fell flat? |
BIDDEFORD, Maine — Maine prosecutors say New Hampshire will have first dibs on a man who is accused of being married to three women in different states. |
Forty-three-year-old Michael Middleton is being held in Ohio while awaiting extradition to New Hampshire, where he's charged with bigamy. |
Officials say he married a New Hampshire woman while also being married to women in Alabama and Georgia. |
But Maine prosecutors tell the Journal Tribune he's also wanted in Maine for charges of domestic violence assault and violation of a protective order in York County. They say he's also wanted for failure to pay a fine for operating under the influence and operating without a license in Presque Isle. |
Middleton was arrested in Franklin County, Ohio. It's not known if he has an attorney. |
Civil society platform Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) slams the Election Commission and claims the union parishad polls were “perverted”. |
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that women are not safe in the country now due to frequent violence against them. |
Will BNP think for a change? |
The BNP holds its national council today with the theme of freeing democracy from captivity, but democratic practice in its own home has remained absent since its birth in 1978. |
BNP seeks “all-out cooperation” from the government to make the party’s sixth national council a success. |
Those who are involved in these jihad-inspired terrorist activities are no different from the Pakistani collaborators during the Liberation War in 1971. They wish to turn us again into a subjugated people who will not be able to think for themselves but do the bidding of others. |
Aung San Suu Kyi's party nominates her former driver and close aide to be Myanmar's next president, as the Nobel laureate looks to rule her former junta-run homeland through a trusted proxy. |
Bangladesh returned to democracy in 1991 and since then the country has been ruled by two female leaders. In between, there had been around three years of interim periods, basically to hold elections. Bangladesh is also a rare country in the world where the two largest political parties are being led by two women for over the last three decades. |
The Democratic primaries have been remarkably free of rancour, thanks to the mostly civil and substantive political debate. The Republican primaries, on the other hand, have become a three-ring circus. |
BNP alleges that the party’s possible chairmen aspirants for the upcoming Union Parishad polls are being harassed in many places. |
Over the Edge is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the U.S. Bank at 101 S. Capitol Blvd. |
To get in on this once-in-a-lifetime action, pay $50 to register and then raise a minimum of $1,000 by soliciting donations from family, friends and even that person with whom you share a cubicle. |
Spots are very limited, but there is always a chance that a last-minute opening will occur. |
Sign up at firstgiving.com/organization/bvhfh or go online to make a direct donation to the event or support your favorite participant. Help him/her exceed that $1,000 goal for bonus incentives, like a dinner for two at Emilio’s. |
Spectators are welcome to check out these daredevils in action, with opportunities to donate on site. |
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is looking to expand its team of volunteers for the upcoming tax season. |
Tax-Aide, now in its 51st year, offers free in-person preparation and assistance to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who can’t afford a tax preparation service. Taxpayers do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use Tax-Aide. |
The program is seeking volunteer tax preparers, client facilitators, those who can provide technical and management assistance, and interpreters. Every level of experience is welcome. |
Volunteers would be assisting many older, lower-income taxpayers and their families, who might otherwise miss out on the credits and deductions they’ve earned. |
Last year, 308 AARP Foundation Tax-Aide volunteers helped more than 31,000 Idahoans file their federal and state returns. |
The program is offered at approximately 40 sites across the Gem State, including senior centers, libraries and other convenient locations. |
To learn about our volunteer opportunities, visit aarpfoundation.org/taxaide or call 888-OUR-AARP (888-687-2277). |
A freak injury-time goal from Liverpool substitute Divock Origi settled the Merseyside derby and kept Jurgen Klopp’s unbeaten team hard on the heels of Premier League pacesetters Manchester City on Sunday. |
The 1-0 victory extended Liverpool’s unbeaten sequence in Merseyside derbies in the Premier League to 16 games although the manner of the winning goal made this one of the more unforgettable of those games. |
In the 96th minute, Virgil van Dijk mishit a hopeful, desperate shot in the direction of the Everton goal with the effort ballooning into the air and the defender turning his back in disgust. |
But Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford struggled to judge the ball as it dropped from the Anfield night sky. |
With the ball looking as if it might hit the cross-bar, the England man pushed the ball upwards and presented Origi with a simple headed finish into an open net. |
Liverpool thought they had won the game three minutes earlier when van Dijk headed on a corner and Origi turned a difficult chance onto the Everton bar, with home supporters appealing for a penalty after Daniel Sturridge’s follow-up shot appeared to strike Gylfi Sigurdsson on the arm. |
But how the 100th Anfield league derby still stood goalless at that stage was a surprise with the first half, especially, producing multiple chances for both teams. |
A set-piece presented Everton with the game’s first chance with just four minutes gone as Lucas Digne swung in a well-worked free-kick and defender Yerry Mina rose from a group of players but saw his attempt fly well wide. |
Everton’s other great first half chance owed more to spirited defending than poor finishing as Theo Walcott headed across goal and Andre Gomes looked certain to nod into the Liverpool net from close range. |
Somehow, goalkeeper Alisson made an extraordinary reflex block and, after the ball rebounded against Gomes’s head and looked destined to trickle over the goalline, it was Liverpool defender Joe Gomez who made a brilliant last-ditch clearance to hack the ball to safety. |
Yet Liverpool, predictably, looked in the mood to continue a record that has seen them unbeaten in this home fixture for 19 years. |
Xherdan Shaqiri squandered his team’s best opening, played clean through by Mo Salah after 33 minutes but taking an extra touch that allowed Pickford to block his effort. |
The tempo did not lessen after the restart. Salah, looking to score for a third consecutive league game, curled a shot just wide from 20 yards and Sadio Mane chased onto a Firmino through ball that Seamus Coleman failed to deal with, only to slide his shot wide. |
Liverpool were beginning to dominate even more than had been in the case in the first half, Salah, yet again, creating an opening as he passed back to the edge of the area for Mane to miss the target. |
But Marco Silva introduced young winger Ademola Lookman off the Everton bench and his side’s attacking threat instantly improved. |
Soon, Sigurdsson was forcing Alisson into a routine save from long range before Lookman set up Bernard for a shot which the Brazilian sent flying just wide of the right-hand upright from 20 yards. |
By the 74th minute, Klopp was desperate for a change and brought on Sturridge to replace Salah, who did not look pleased at being replaced. |
Allison García is a local author who addresses the issue of the separation of families in her new book, Finding Amor. |
Jazz, Latin, Funk, and R&B includes keyboards, electric bass, and guitar. This is jazz with an electric edge. Adults-$15; students free. Reserve tickets online: brcc.edu/fac/performances. |
BRCC Children’s Theatre Workshop performance. Adults-$15; students free. Reserve tickets online: brcc.edu/fac/performances. |
Robin Hawks presents “Norway: One of the Happiest Countries in the World.” Sponsored by Cultural Affairs. |
No classes. All offices closed. Classes resume Nov 26. |
BRCC faculty exhibit runs through Dec 5. Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm. |
Damaging winds and a few tornadoes are possible, especially from Louisiana into Mississippi. |
The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warnings for Lafayette, St. Martin and St. Landry parishes until 5 p.m. |
Additionally, NWS issued flash flood warnings for Crowley, Eunice and Jennings until 3 p.m. |
Meanwhile, a tornado watch has been issued for the area until 7 p.m. |
The watch encompasses most of south central to southeastern Louisiana and western Mississippi. |
The storm system is capable of producing occasional tornadoes, isolated severe hail and winds of up to 75 mph, according to the National Weather Service. |
A line of storms that battered Texas overnight are expected to move into the area Thursday, bringing high winds and the threat of tornadoes. |
The entirety of Acadiana will be under a wind advisory starting from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. |
The Storm Prediction Center has increased the coverage of the enhanced risk, measured at 30 percent chance, of strong to severe Thursday storms east of a line from Fort Polk and Leesville to Lake Charles and Cameron. |
"In addition, there is a risk of strong (EF2+) tornadoes in this enhanced risk area," the weather service reported. |
The National Weather Service has identified south Louisiana as one of the regions facing the threat of severe weather, which is expected to start late Thursday morning. |
Severe thunderstorms are expected Thursday across the Lower and Middle Mississippi Valleys. Models indicate substantial low-level moisture will surge northward early through midday across Louisiana, with cells possibly developing ahead of the ongoing frontal convection to the west, according to the weather service. |
Any cells ahead of the line could be supercells capable of tornadoes or hail, said meteorologist Seth Warthen. With time, a consolidation into a line of strong to severe storms with strong wind and heavy rain is expected. |
"You should keep a pretty good eye on the weather," Warthen said. |
Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected in the morning hours across southeast Texas and parts of western Louisiana. There is a marginal 5 percent to slight 15 percent risk of these storms becoming severe. |
By the afternoon, the weather service expects a line of thunderstorms moving west to east across the remainder of southwest, central, and south central Louisiana. |
"This will be the timing of when we could see the higher tornado threat, between noon and 6 p.m.," the weather service reported. |
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