The Beverly Hillbillys 'Honey Boos' Culture

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In the last couple of years, the media has exploited different cultures under a veil of entertainment. As time went by it went by many names, In A Resurgence of ‘Redneck’ Geoff Nunberg says, “Many of these names are forgotten now, and others were regional nicknames like tarheels, buckeeyes and hoosiers.” Although the name has change over time from “half breeds” to “white trash” the names still have the same connotations and culture is still around. In the last sixty years a huge hit on television has been southern culture, in particular “white trash” culture. Two famous TV shows for their white trash counterparts, are Honey Boo Boo and The Beverly Hillbillys. The two shows different in many ways also share a lot in common, from their mockery of shouthern poor white to the shift …show more content…

In Honey Boo Boo there is not a laugh track but the show shares the same concept. After Mama June or Honey Boo Boo would say a signature like, “A dolla make me Holla” the audience would know to laugh. Both of the TV shows also share southern slang such as “aint”, and “yall’. The main contrast between the two shows would be how far the humor went. In Beverly Hillbillys it is a lighthearted show about a silly family from the south. The show though making fun of the family still portrays them as a kind and loving family. The show still makes the “hillbillys” seem human. The latter can be said for Honey Boo Bo. In this show it is more of a mockery of not just the family, but “white trash” as a whole. In the episode” This Is My Crazy Family” the family goes to the “Summer Redneck Games”. In the episode the camera zooms in on induvial in the crowd after certain comments were made. For example, in the episode Mama June describes a certain type of white trash as “broke down”, the camera then zooms in on a few heavy set women to “help” prove her point. This showcase of the “white trash” is far different from the funny and more bearable Beverly Hillbillies because with Honey Boo Boo it

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