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Dukes movie Confederate flag caused conundrum
daily-report.com ^ | 12-30-04 | Tom Guarisco)

Posted on 12/30/2004 11:00:21 AM PST by Ellesu

The cast member on the Dukes of Hazard movie that had the filmmakers scratching their heads has not been publicity-drenched Jessica Simpson or her rabble-rousing smart-ass co-star, Johnny Knoxville.

It's the General Lee, the bright orange 1969 Dodge Charger central to all Duke boys escapades. More specifically, it's the Confederate Flag emblazoned on the General's roof, a symbol that has become quite the object of controversy since the original TV series' seven-season run starting in 1979.

The filmmakers didn't want to alienate modern audiences, the Wall Street Journal reported recently in a story headlined "Flag wavering." Nor did the moviemakers want to anger long-time fans by tinkering with the Warner Bros show. "So they struck a compromise with the studio."

Quoting a source involved with making the film, the Journal says the film includes scenes where the flag is "derided as an inappropriate symbol of the dark past."

For example, Bo and Luke ask a group of African-American college students for directions. "Is this a joke? Some kind of reality show?" one of them asks. Bo, the dimmer of the Dukes, explains the flag is cool and that their friend Cooter, a Civil War buff, painted it when he fixed the car. But Luke understands, and explains to Bo that some people find the flag offensive and a "symbol of slavery." That Luke, he always was perty' smart.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: confederacy; confederate; confederateflag; culturewars; diversity; dixie; dukesofhazzard; generallee; hollywoodleft; pc; politicalcorrectness; tolerance
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To: goldstategop

You're kidding, right? This movie is going to put Red State America in a positive light?


61 posted on 12/30/2004 11:25:55 AM PST by dmz
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To: dmz
LOL!

Glad someone said it!

62 posted on 12/30/2004 11:26:37 AM PST by NJ Neocon (Democracy is tyranny of the masses. It is three wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner)
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To: Ellesu

I got a Dukes first season DVD for Christmas. We were watching the first episode last night. In an early scene, the boys hook up with 3 other guys, one of them black, to pull a scam on the Sheriff. The black guy doesn't seem to offended by the flag, as he is leaning up against the car it is on.


63 posted on 12/30/2004 11:26:41 AM PST by 1L
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To: Brig_Gen_George_P_Harrison_CSA
And now, I'm going to go run out my Confederate battle flag over Col. Robert Gould Shaw's body and whistle Dixie . . .

Watch it. Robert Gould Shaw was a fellow Ram (alumnus of Fordham University for those of you in Rio Linda).

64 posted on 12/30/2004 11:26:55 AM PST by Clemenza (Need a new tagline)
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To: Brig_Gen_George_P_Harrison_CSA
And now, I'm going to go run out my Confederate battle flag over Col. Robert Gould Shaw's body and whistle Dixie . . .

I know you meant that to be funny, but many won't see it that way.

65 posted on 12/30/2004 11:28:29 AM PST by NJ Neocon (Democracy is tyranny of the masses. It is three wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner)
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To: Ellesu

And with that sop to the South-bashers and PC crowd, not even Jessica Simpson in a pair of Daisy Dukes and a bikini top could get me to see this movie. I hope it makes "Alexander" look like a blockbuster.

}:-)4


66 posted on 12/30/2004 11:28:34 AM PST by Moose4 (I'm patriotic--just a white guy in a blue county in a red state.)
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To: goldstategop
Yankee's idea of a Georgian:


67 posted on 12/30/2004 11:30:58 AM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

Amen brother! Amen! I used to think Catherine Bach was hot as Daisy, but damn, Jessica looks good in "Daisy Dukes!"


68 posted on 12/30/2004 11:31:46 AM PST by Jackal007
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To: Ellesu

Oh, no. The PC Visigoths have ruined one of the stupidest TV shows ever. Noooooooooo!


69 posted on 12/30/2004 11:32:41 AM PST by ScottFromSpokane (We're none of us prefect.)
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To: Ellesu

Oh, yeah. The original show was so un-PC (note sarcasm): The only recurring black character was the Sheriff (Sheriff Little) of the neighboring county. He was the only competent representative of the law on the show, and everyone respected him. The boys always high-tailed it back to Hazard as soon as they realized they had wandered into Chickasaw, ol' Roscoe and Boss Hogg stayed away from him so as to avoid getting nailed for their various dastardly deeds, and even Uncle Jesse took different routes out of the county so as not to tangle with him.


Of course, now that I think of it, the libs will still hate the show, because Sheriff Little was, as a lawman, most likely conservative, and we all know libs don't consider conservative blacks to be legitimate.


70 posted on 12/30/2004 11:33:14 AM PST by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Muslims" yet?)
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To: goldstategop
She's a lovely girl. Talented singer - but can she act?

Based on the photo posted in #22, I would say that she is an excellent actress.

71 posted on 12/30/2004 11:33:51 AM PST by spodefly (Do not remove this tagline under penalty of law.)
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To: martin gibson

OMFG! Is John Edwards playing sheriff Coltrane?


72 posted on 12/30/2004 11:35:36 AM PST by William of Orange (I'm John Kerry and I approve this message. No I don't. Yes I do. No I don't. Yes I do. Maybe, not.)
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To: FreedomCalls

I'm so glad I found FR! Ya'll keep me ROFLOL!


73 posted on 12/30/2004 11:35:46 AM PST by Ellesu
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To: FreedomCalls
Yankee's idea of a Georgian...

Not just Georgians. Mississippians and Alabamans, too.

74 posted on 12/30/2004 11:35:55 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Jefferson Davis - the first 'selected, not elected' president.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Don't leave out Louisiana.


75 posted on 12/30/2004 11:37:17 AM PST by Ellesu
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To: Clemenza

I am violently opposed to Jessica Simpson playing Daisy Duke. The more I read about this movie the less I want to see it.


76 posted on 12/30/2004 11:38:17 AM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: cyborg

PC ruins the Dukes ping.


77 posted on 12/30/2004 11:38:50 AM PST by Petronski (Thank God I'm only watching the game....controlling it....)
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To: Petronski

Agree 100%


78 posted on 12/30/2004 11:40:03 AM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: NJ Neocon

Am I to be ashamed that some might take offense?


79 posted on 12/30/2004 11:40:51 AM PST by Brig_Gen_George_P_Harrison_CSA (Deo Vindice!)
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To: Ellesu

All Southerners are bumpkin country redneck hicks who've fallen of the back of a turnip truck. Its a stupid stereotype but in this day and age its sad some people refuse to acknowledge the South has come a long way since the 50s.


80 posted on 12/30/2004 11:41:16 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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