Find a place to start with the comical Ideology. Starting with the chain gang located down in the southern states. Showing that a majority of the prisoners were black and all the guards were white plus later during the movie the KKK displaying a dance and the burning of the cross plus looking to hang a black boy. This all symbolized white power in the south and the continued push of segregation. Additional you had the current Governor calling the local white people “white Crackers” indicating a lower class of white compared to him.
Next you hear voices of church goers that are heading down to the river to be cleansed of all their sins and be reunited with the lord. The showing of how strong religion was and the importance of going to church every Sunday which was a staple of a community during the early years.
Next was the showing of how beauty of ladies could bring men to their knees as three lovely maidens were singing sweet tunes like mermaids while washing clothes down by the river and they just happen to be getting themselves wet to make their clothes stick to their body, considered to be today wet t-shirt contest. This portrayed the sex when they thought the ladies turned Pete into a “Horney Toad”.
Loved the comedy of this movie and the acting of George Clooney on trying to change his life and get back to his family. All the ideology was very apparent to me, but with the comedy many have been missed.
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