Can we still make fun of West Virginia?

[megadawgmaniac]

Quote:_________________________________________________The casting director for a horror movie being shot in West Virginia has been fired after putting out a call for extras with facial features that would make them look "inbred." Casting director Donna M. Belajac was dismissed after Gov. Joe Manchin released a statement describing the casting call as "offensive." He added that he thought that the movie, a horror flick titled Shelter, produced by Nala Films of Los Angeles, "does not sound like a movie worth watching." Producers Emilio Diez Barroso and Darlene Caamano apologized "for the very insensitive casting call sent out without our knowledge." The incident also drew the attention of West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, who released a statement saying, "Unfortunately, some in the filmmaking industry have decided that perpetuating stereotypes and insulting generations of West Virginians_________________________________________________

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[patdog]

Put a stop to that casting call before 1/2 of your population makes the first cut.

 

[BigMotherTucker]

 

[thunderclap]

Evidently that casting director attended a WV home game last year.

 

[Faustdog]

It's simply factual that places like Arkansas, West Virginia, and Northeastern Tennessee have much higher percentages of inbred people than other parts of the country. For years their families lived in clannish mountain communities that did a good bit of intermarrying because there pretty much wasn't anyone else around.

 

[The Peeper]

chastising someone about stereotyping when he is one the biggest racists ever.

 

[Goat Holder]

[No message]

 

[ram124]

They should have requested locals that had lived in WV for most of their lives. The inbred part would have taken care of itself.

 

[Dawgpile]

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

Quit your whining about negative stereotyping by Hollywood.

Sincerely,

Mississippi

 

[ram124]

Apparently no one in Mississippi has air conditioning...

 

[DerHntr]

[No message]

 

[vhdawg]

...when I was growing up. I watched this guy get out of a car, then walk up to this house in Raymond the exact same way probably 25 times.