The South, having lived here 43 years, is a bundle of contradictions when it comes to race relations.
Older whites in the South still embrace concepts of segregation, while younger ones in all seem more balanced, and as a result you have much more crossing between cultures in all aspects of society.
I keep checking this miniseries thinking maybe its on DVD. Yes, I want to buy it - not because its great cinema, it isn't, but because rarely there are performances that get at the heart of the problem that whites and blacks have in the South - and no, I don't think the series is historically factually in showing the penetrating depth of segregation, but for outsiders, those not raised in the South or exposed to Southern views on racism, this is a good primer.
The relationship between the maid and the little boy she helped raised, and who played with her own child, was believable. The relationships between the son (Jason/Jeremy London) with his best friend was believable. And as a lawyer looking at it with that perspective, the issues were believable (especially the voting fraud) without being so over the top that you really couldn't see how they got there.
The series has real value, solid acting and several moments that do tell the truth about the South - albeit in a sanitized way.
Older whites in the South still embrace concepts of segregation, while younger ones in all seem more balanced, and as a result you have much more crossing between cultures in all aspects of society.
I keep checking this miniseries thinking maybe its on DVD. Yes, I want to buy it - not because its great cinema, it isn't, but because rarely there are performances that get at the heart of the problem that whites and blacks have in the South - and no, I don't think the series is historically factually in showing the penetrating depth of segregation, but for outsiders, those not raised in the South or exposed to Southern views on racism, this is a good primer.
The relationship between the maid and the little boy she helped raised, and who played with her own child, was believable. The relationships between the son (Jason/Jeremy London) with his best friend was believable. And as a lawyer looking at it with that perspective, the issues were believable (especially the voting fraud) without being so over the top that you really couldn't see how they got there.
The series has real value, solid acting and several moments that do tell the truth about the South - albeit in a sanitized way.