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* AluminumChristmasTrees: If the premise of the creation of ''Bayou Brethren'' - that the producers took four clean-cut, college-educated white men and dressed them up to mimic stereotypical DeepSouth rednecks - seems farfetched, just Google "''Series/DuckDynasty'' cast without their beards."
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** Exactly why Buck [[spoiler:kills Blister]] is left deliberately ambiguous. The media are quick to lionize him as a [[BigDamnHeroes hero who acted in defense of innocent bystanders]], but it is equally likely that he has simply reached his limit with Blister's violent and threatening behavior, and is acting to save his own skin.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show that creates "low-class shitkickers"? Or has he simply reached his limit after spending weeks in Blister's company and never wants to see another redneck stereotype ever again, let alone enact one on his TV show?
* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity and escaping public shaming for his past racist comments. In a later interview, however, Hiaasen says that he ''"would have been harder on Buck"'' if he'd written the book after Willie Robertson's comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show that creates "low-class shitkickers"? Or has he simply reached his limit after spending weeks in Blister's company and never wants to see another redneck stereotype ever again, let alone enact one on his TV show?
* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity and escaping public shaming for his past racist comments. In a later interview, however, Hiaasen says that he ''"would have been harder on Buck"'' if he'd written the book after Willie Robertson's comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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** Exactly why Buck [[spoiler:kills Blister]] is left deliberately ambiguous. The media are quick to lionize him as a [[BigDamnHeroes hero who acted in defense of innocent bystanders]], but it is equally likely that he has simply reached his limit with had enough of Blister's violent and threatening behavior, and is acting to save his own skin.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show thatcreates "low-class shitkickers"? encourages racist violence in some of its fans? Or has he simply reached his limit after spending weeks in Blister's company and never wants to see another redneck stereotype ever again, let alone enact one on his TV show?
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* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity andescaping public shaming skirting any consequences for his past racist comments. In a later interview, however, Hiaasen says that he ''"would have been harder on Buck"'' if he'd written the book after [[Series/DuckDynasty Willie Robertson's Robertson's]] comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show that
* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity and
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** Exactly why Buck [[spoiler:kills Blister]] is left deliberately ambiguous. The media are quick to lionize him as a [[BigDamnHeroes hero who acted in defense of innocent bystanders]], but it is equally likely that he has simply reached his limit with Blister's violent and threatening behavior, and is acting to save his own skin.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show that creates "low-class shitkickers"? Or has he simply reached his limit after spending weeks in Blister's company and never wants to see another redneck stereotype ever again, let alone enact one on his TV show?
* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity and escaping public shaming for his past racist comments. In a later interview, however, Hiaasen says that he ''"would have been harder on Buck"'' if he'd written the book after Willie Robertson's comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
* TakeThat: Hiaasen is not shy in calling out ''Series/DuckDynasty'' and other similar reality shows' dog-whistle appeals to America's racist elements:
-->''The election of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a black President]] brought a boom in TV reality shows featuring feisty rednecks, and talent scouts began scouring the Dixie Belt in a fevered search for the next ''Duck Dynasty'' franchise.''
** Exactly why Buck [[spoiler:kills Blister]] is left deliberately ambiguous. The media are quick to lionize him as a [[BigDamnHeroes hero who acted in defense of innocent bystanders]], but it is equally likely that he has simply reached his limit with Blister's violent and threatening behavior, and is acting to save his own skin.
** Likewise, it is ambiguous why Buck subsequently [[spoiler:quits his TV career, turns down an even bigger salary increase and prefers to live out the rest of his days in anonymity, owning a music shop in Milwaukee]]. Even his agent can't understand his decision. Is he genuinely remorseful about the effect he has had on ''"impressionable mouth-breathers"'' like Blister, and wants to play no further part in a show that creates "low-class shitkickers"? Or has he simply reached his limit after spending weeks in Blister's company and never wants to see another redneck stereotype ever again, let alone enact one on his TV show?
* HarsherInHindsight: Hiaasen allows his character Buck [[EarnYourHappyEnding a semi-happy ending]], retiring in anonymity and escaping public shaming for his past racist comments. In a later interview, however, Hiaasen says that he ''"would have been harder on Buck"'' if he'd written the book after Willie Robertson's comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
* TakeThat: Hiaasen is not shy in calling out ''Series/DuckDynasty'' and other similar reality shows' dog-whistle appeals to America's racist elements:
-->''The election of [[UsefulNotes/BarackObama a black President]] brought a boom in TV reality shows featuring feisty rednecks, and talent scouts began scouring the Dixie Belt in a fevered search for the next ''Duck Dynasty'' franchise.''
