When Democrats are in charge
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This is what happened. The whole idea of the show was to parade
these
nouveau riche Christian hillbillies around so that we could laugh at
them. "Look at them," we were supposed to say. "Look how backward
they
are! Look what they believe! Can you believe they really
live this
way and believe this stuff? See how they don't fit in? HAHAHA"
When the producers saw the way the show was shaping up, different than
they envisioned it, they tried to change course. They tried to
get the
Robertson's to tone down their Christianity, but to their eternal
credit they refused. They tried to add fake cussin' to the show by inserting bleeps where no cussword was
uttered. At best, they wanted to make the Robertson's look
like crass buffoons. At worst they wanted them to look like hypocrites.
They desperately wanted us to laugh at the Robertsons. Instead,
we loved them. [Full]
| Tangentially
related .. this reminds me of the Clarence Thomas affair.
Aftermath polls showed
that 66%—across the board; Blacks, Whites, Women, Men, Democrat and
Republican—66% thought Clarence Thomas was being truthful and Anita
Hill the liar. Hollywood
kicked in with references on TV sitcoms and stand up comedy about what
a liar Thomas was, and before you know it, the polls reversed
themselves. Which of course demonstrates just how dedicated to
the
Liberal cause our media are. And why we have this
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Sir H
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Good article.
ReplyDeleteNever really considered that the show was to humiliate the "non-elite", but then I only discovered Duck Dynasty in the past six months. Guess I thought it was going to be another Honey Boo Boo or Moonshiners type show with people you feel for in their situated place in life. Instead, The Robertsons, etal, drew me in with respect for them from the start. They are clearly an intelligent,endearing,interesting, and entertaining family with great moral values that make them so refreshing in comparison to what -some- television viewers consider reality TV; those show I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole for all the garish, disrespectful, angry, swearing and tawdriness their lives display as if they are an insight to American families at large.
I suspect that although A&E pride themselves on "championing" the gay agenda, I don't see that particular demographic filling the money bags as the Robertson family are. So, just maybe, A&E "champions" that green more than the rainbow.
Indeed! The douches at A&E thought they were putting on a freak show that would attract a couple of million viewers.
ReplyDeleteInstead they got 14 million and found themselves on the wrong side of the glass.
j_c_
Looks like the Rose Bowl parade is gonna get real rosy this year.
ReplyDeleteOy.
oy vey ole'
Another, better, parallel from the past --
ReplyDelete" they succeeded as spectacularly as Norman Lear did in his attempt to use Archie Bunker as the laughingstock conservative in 'All in the Family.' Instead, America loved him, and hated Lear's intended hero, Meathead. "
ReplyDeleteA&E suspended Phil Robinson in order to save their own politically correct asses and avoid a front door disaster, if they took no action.
Located in New York City, co-owned by Disney and Hearst companies they have plenty of employee's in their corporate headquarters that "float in their loafers".
To start, the last thing they were worried about was the followers of the show who made it popular. Of course they are going to pay dearly for that decision.
Geo
Excellent post, Roger.
ReplyDeleteI admit that I am just naive enough to have never considered this angle on the show. I watched it and liked it as I can imagine / have seen members of my family do some of the goofy things they do on the show. So in that respect I am the diametric opposite of the demographic A&E was shooting for but hit anyway, and I suspect make up no small part of the 14 million viewers (et. al 'Archie Bunker' viewers).
ReplyDeleteHere's something to keep in mind for this last day of Christmas shopping and the year to come - Duck Dynasty is the A&E branded merchandise (which I assume the Robertson get some cut from also), Duck Commander is the Robertson brand that A&E (hopefully) does not get a cut from.
Oh and here's a fun thing to do. If you go to this map location you can see the the duck decoys they threw on the roof - and you can see the line of "visitors" waiting to take a tour of the "factory".