Jean Spradlin-Miller wrote: > This is the problem with the portrayal of all Southerners on television. The producers are consistently narrow minded -- everyone speaks with either the "old plantation" drawl, or the ignorant sounding "Tobacco Road" drawl. > Much of the time, to add insult to injury, southerners are portrayed by non-southerners. This makes the required "suspension of disbelief" all the more difficult, and can even ruin a whole show, whether on the stage, the silver screen, the monitor or the cell phone (not that MY cell phone can do anything special... just trying to keep up with the times). Oh well, these representations of real life will always fall short of the real thing. Instead of characters with implausible accents, we are surrounded by real people, who all have their own accents (mostly). Doug Deal To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html