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"The Dukes of Hazard" mainstreamed southern corruption (lemmy.sdf.org)

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Boss Hogg was a corrupt politician and a main character. I don't remember much beyond that. But my memory is that the Duke Boys were escaping persecution from local state actors.

Side note: I was a little kid and my friends in pre-school thought the car could fly, which broke my brain when I couldn't articulate that it jumped.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The show started out as a spinoff of a movie about moonshine runners. Boss Hogg and Sheriff Rosco were both the authorities and the bad guys of the show. Interestingly the sheriff of a neighboring county was played by a black actor and portrayed as a serious and competent / not-corrupt lawman in contrast to the Hazzard Co corrupt officials.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

And Enos was the dimwitted gullible but honest deputy in Hazzard.