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~~BillieBobbie~~ · January 11, 2023 at 8:51 am

Then explain why Clarice Starling sounded so nice with her West Virginian dialect. She didnt seem backwards at all in the "Silence of the Lambs" movie from 1990

Belacqua · (This post was last modified: January 11, 2023 at 9:42 am by Belacqua.)

(January 11, 2023 at 8:51 am)BillieBobbie Wrote: Then explain why Clarice Starling sounded so nice with her West Virginian dialect. She didnt seem backwards at all in the "Silence of the Lambs" movie from 1990

I haven't seen it since it first came out, but...

As I recall, part of the dynamic of that movie was that Clarice was supposed to be a rural American, not at all sophisticated. She's resourceful and clever, not stupid, but culturally not sophisticated. While Hannibal has high-class cultural tastes.

In fact the only character in popular culture who would read Dante or T.S. Eliot is a serial killer cannibal.

Pat Mustard · January 11, 2023 at 9:27 am

(January 11, 2023 at 8:51 am)BillieBobbie Wrote: Then explain why Clarice Starling sounded so nice with her West Virginian dialect. She didnt seem backwards at all in the "Silence of the Lambs" movie from 1990

I will when your lot finally get around to accepting responsibility for the Civil War and that southern white society is incredibly racist.

Ahriman · January 11, 2023 at 9:31 am

(January 11, 2023 at 9:27 am)GUBU Wrote:
(January 11, 2023 at 8:51 am)BillieBobbie Wrote: Then explain why Clarice Starling sounded so nice with her West Virginian dialect. She didnt seem backwards at all in the "Silence of the Lambs" movie from 1990

I will when your lot finally get around to accepting responsibility for the Civil War and that southern white society is incredibly racist.

So what?

Belacqua · (This post was last modified: January 11, 2023 at 9:36 am by Belacqua.)

(January 11, 2023 at 9:27 am)GUBU Wrote: southern white society is incredibly racist.

Also northern white society. Also eastern and western.

**LadyForCamus** · January 11, 2023 at 9:36 am

(January 11, 2023 at 9:31 am)Ahriman Wrote:
(January 11, 2023 at 9:27 am)GUBU Wrote: I will when your lot finally get around to accepting responsibility for the Civil War and that southern white society is incredibly racist.

So what?

Angrboda · January 11, 2023 at 10:11 am

Maybe not all southern Americans, but statistics show that the states in the southern U.S. are more backward than other states. So, ceteris paribus, the average southerner is more backward than the average northerner.

~~BillieBobbie~~ · January 11, 2023 at 10:12 am

(January 11, 2023 at 10:11 am)Angrboda Wrote: Maybe not all southern Americans, but statistics show that the states in the southern U.S. are more backward than other states. So, ceteris paribus, the average southerner is more backward than the average northerner.

Oof. I wish people could all be friends i guess : (

Angrboda · (This post was last modified: January 11, 2023 at 10:33 am by Angrboda.)

(January 11, 2023 at 10:12 am)BillieBobbie Wrote:
(January 11, 2023 at 10:11 am)Angrboda Wrote: Maybe not all southern Americans, but statistics show that the states in the southern U.S. are more backward than other states. So, ceteris paribus, the average southerner is more backward than the average northerner.

Oof. I wish people could all be friends i guess : (

"So we just have a cat now?"

**BrianSoddingBoru4** · January 11, 2023 at 11:18 am

(January 11, 2023 at 9:24 am)Belacqua Wrote:
(January 11, 2023 at 8:51 am)BillieBobbie Wrote: Then explain why Clarice Starling sounded so nice with her West Virginian dialect. She didnt seem backwards at all in the "Silence of the Lambs" movie from 1990

I haven't seen it since it first came out, but...

As I recall, part of the dynamic of that movie was that Clarice was supposed to be a rural American, not at all sophisticated. She's resourceful and clever, not stupid, but culturally not sophisticated. While Hannibal has high-class cultural tastes.

In fact the only character in popular culture who would read Dante or T.S. Eliot is a serial killer cannibal.

Wrong on all counts, but I'll focus on the last one:

-Josiah Bartlet

-Charles Xavier

-Sheldon Cooper

-Gregory House

-Sherlock Holmes

-Lilith Sternin-Crane

-Bruce Wayne

All of whom have quoted Dante, Eliot, or both.

Your characterization of Starling is also way, WAY off base.

Boru

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