Is that a true and accurate reflection of life in southern America?
2006-10-26 21:43:53 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
It is probably a highly exagerated version of Southern life in the US based on Characters known to the writers from towns all over America not just the South. All TV acting is exagerated and just based on reality. After all acting and performing is an art form. It only imitates life!!!
That said, I loved the series (And Bo Duke hmmmmm....!!!)
2006-10-27 00:06:26 · answer #1 · answered by Andielep 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The creator and producer of the show, Gy Waldron, did intend it to accurately reflect life in the South, at least life in the South of the 1970s. And his intention was very much to reflect life in Georgia, though his major influence, former moonshiner Jerry Rushing, was from North Carolina. The first five episodes were filmed in Georgia, and that look and feel were duplicated as much as possible when the show moved its filming to Burbank in 1979. I think, from my perspective, watching the show when I was just a kid, and in the North(!), Hazzard County felt like any small town in the middle of nowhere -- North or South. The accents were different, but the pace of life was really the same. The traditional values were the same. And nowadays, I live in Georgia, and there are definitely folks I see here that could have walked right off the "Dukes" set, even though so many years have passed!
2006-10-28 06:25:25 · answer #2 · answered by BRBTV.com 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no I don't know the Dukes of Hazzard but when I was little, I used to think I was related to them! My nan used to go on about Daisy and Jesse, her relative, and the only Daisy and Jesse I knew were the ones off Dukes of Hazzard - so, I thought they were my cousins or something!
I recently told my dad this and he thought it was hilarious. Odd what you get in yer head when you're a kid huh.
2006-10-26 21:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by Andy M Thompson 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not personally ! Cant see that it is that accurate cos they do not drive pick-up trucks they just insist on ruining dodge chargers at an alarming rate wish they would send me one for Christmas not a ruined one pleease Sorry if you are a fan but I hate the awfull series was forced to watch it as a kid cos me ma liked the show
2006-10-26 21:55:06 · answer #4 · answered by PARADOX 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ok so I see you have about a few people saying yes and if you believe them and go saying this to other people they will think you are a fool, no it is not an accurate description of life in the south, not even close, it was a fictional story made for television
2006-10-26 21:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. The moonshining part is accurate but not the rest of the show. How many people's lives would be interesting enough to actually have a t.v. show about?
2006-10-26 21:51:52 · answer #6 · answered by Disillusioned 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it is just writing for TV.But it doesn't matter what part of the country you are from we'd all like to have a General Lee sitting in our garage.
2006-10-26 22:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by jean 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course It is, coming from the deep south, poor folk every where you look, and driving around In a CHERRY CAR, FULL RACE ENGINE!
2006-10-26 21:48:45 · answer #8 · answered by supervfive 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course not, did you ever see Bo or Luke getting it on with Daisy! Cousins are real close down south.
2006-10-26 22:27:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
exactly the same, except daisy duke is pig ugly.
2006-10-26 21:46:09 · answer #10 · answered by tommo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋