Hillbilly Elegy

Netflix | Release Date: November 11, 2020

7.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 220 Ratings

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chronicrenegadeNov 30, 2020

Dopesick (Beth Macy) is what you need to read/watch instead, and the movie that should have been made in place of this engineered narrative that Appalachians are all lazy hillbillies. The movie, and by proxy the book, entirely miss the pointDopesick (Beth Macy) is what you need to read/watch instead, and the movie that should have been made in place of this engineered narrative that Appalachians are all lazy hillbillies. The movie, and by proxy the book, entirely miss the point of systemic and generational poverty. The movie can be summed up in one ignorant statement: "poor people are poor because they're lazy." It's a bootstrap narrative, and a terrible one at that. The book even contains a passage where the author makes the claim he was held down and forced to drink sparkling water by socialites at a restaurant. Please.… Expand

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