Friday, April 29, 2005

Yeah, Sounds Like the Upper West Side

The residents of a small town in Kentucky are demanding an apology from the A&E network, claiming that a recent episode of City Confidential inaccurately portrayed Pikeville as some sort of jerkwater hillbilly place.

“You start the piece by showing a rebel flag on Julius Avenue, an overweight man without a shirt smoking a cigarette and an old pickup with a few women in the back,” City Manager Donovan Blackburn said. “As I am sure you would agree, you can go to almost any city in America and find the same.”

Donovan, my friend, you need to get out more.

5 comments:

Jess said...

Yeah, I was thinking Sutton Place. :)

Matthew said...

Pikeville?!

Goodness me, I thought they were talking about Chicago! Specifically, Michigan Ave. It's an honest mistake. ;-)

Seriously, though, how can A&E have given an inaccurate portrayal of the community, if the rebel flag, the shirtless overweight man and the lady-filled pick-up truck were all filmed in Pikeville?

I mean, if they exist within the city, then they're a part of the community, correct? Perhaps the government officials should focus more on ordinances against flying rebel flags and outlawing shirtlessness in public by those with a high BMI, if they're that disquieted by such instances occurring within their community.

Isn't that kind of like a guy who helped a little old lady across the street with her groceries, and then robbed an ATM and got caught on camera, claiming that the bank is 'inaccurately portraying' him by showing the police the video from the ATM camera?

Andy said...

If I wanted to do a documentary that effectively evoked Michigan Avenue, I would do a low-angle shot from behind an enormously fat woman in K-Mart leisure pants as she stopped to wonder which theme restaurant she would patronize today.

p.p. said...

Andy, true about Michigan Ave, well, atleast in the summer months.

Andy said...

Why, are the theme restaurants closed in the winter?