Adam Sandler plays a young man from a Louisiana bayou who has a mental disorder, though not too serious. Everyone in this movie captures the southern "accent." When they speak, the draw out their vowels, often making very peculiar shapes and expressions with their faces and mouths. Also, in this video clip, at the "southern cookout" the animals run wild in the yard, the family eats outside, and young Bobby Boucher falls at his mama's feet over anyone else. Most towns can jokingly say that they have a "village idiot," but in this movie, in this town, that title applies to half the population. Oh, and everyone centers their daily lives around football.
It is no wonder to me why people who do not live in the south have these wild and outrageous stereotypes running through their heads when someone mentions the South. Before my cousins moved down here from Chicago they sent me e-mails and text messaged me battering me with questions about what clothes they needed to buy, or if they needed to get used to new food; keep in mind this was when we were in about eighth grade. Even at that age, I knew they were being ridiculous. There is no difference in clothing, except we wear shorts more often to accommodate the climate. The food is the same, with a few added recipes or ingredients. We are not different becuase we live in the South, people need to learn not to believe everything they see on the big screen.
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