Reply #22: Yeah, you're probably right

[Crystal Clarity]

I had forgotten about the DA interview until just now. He does make that point. I think on some level he was probably trying to do pre-emptive damage control on behalf of the people of that county, just in case the documentary leaned a little too much into the stereotypical 'redneck' direction.

And you're right about the DA and some other interviews that provided some balance to what otherwise could've been an extremely unflattering portrait. I still think they could have done a little more of that though. And yeah, they went a little into the coal mining/hard-living thing but I personally didn't read as much into it in terms of an explanation as you.

But that's just me, and I concede that you do have a point. They at least provided some balance. I guess it's instinctive for me to want to jump to the defense of rural people because there very often are unfair misperceptions. This documentary could very easily have made those misperceptions much worse if it had provided nothing in the way of an explanation or balance. As you correctly pointed out, they did at least present other members of the community thus proving that not everyone could be identified w/the same type of behavior(s) as the Whites.