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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Although the Mississippi Gulf Coast is still referred to as the "Redneck Riviera," and Confederate souvenirs are still omnipresent in the curio shops along the beach, the most notable features of the area are the glitzy high-rise casino hotels, the new condominium towers and shopping centers that have made it the premier vacation and retirement destination in the Deep South. This upbeat reality was overlooked last week as a new act in this ongoing battle for the soul of Mississippi played out just down the road from Eight Flags. At a small auditorium in Pascagoula, a besieged Senator Lott...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mississippi Has Left Lott Behind | 12/14/2002 | See Source »

Through change, there is continuity. From patrician New Yorker and future U.S. president to Chinese-speaking gay redneck Canadian computer geek to Indian-Muslim-Texan football player dating a Korean to Israeli resident of Newton concentrating in East Asian studies, one thing thankfully remains constant: the Asian fetish...

Author: By David C. Newman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The FM Way: Fifteen Steps to Self-Improvement | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...other hand, you can't say that, for all their juking and jiving, Kaufman and Jonze have really licked Orlean's book. Chris Cooper is funny as the dentally challenged redneck orchid thief--there's a funny-weird disconnect between his personality and his obsession--and Streep works up a fine, ladylike glow of perspiration stalking him. But the movie ends in a burst of violence that we are unprepared for and don't believe. Maybe it's the film's final joke: Donald's cheesy screenwriting manner winning out over Charlie's. In fact, the mythical brother shares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: No Good-Time Charlie | 12/9/2002 | See Source »

...opportunity to have fun and meet a lot of new people,” says Long. “I am really excited and pumped that a redneck from Wyoming could be selected by such an amazing group of people...

Author: By Kavita M. Shukla, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Class Marshal Finalists Selected | 10/2/2002 | See Source »

...Angels), it reproduces the high-gloss, empty-calorie experience of a summer action flick, down to the loud soundtrack and the black-guy-white-guy jokes. It's crass, pandering, cliched--and fun. (A scene with the undercover black cop, played by Bill Bellamy, line dancing at a redneck bar is a pure 48 Hours rip-off but one of the few genuine laughs of the new season.) Adapting the trash glamour of today's rap videos, as Vice did with 1980s videos, it's also fun to look at. With Fastlane--as with much of this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Polishing Up the Badge | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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