Line #21 YMMV/OBrotherWhereArtThou


1	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: ''"[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08e9k-c91E8 Man of Constant Sorrow]]".'' That is some ''mighty'' fine a-pickin' and a-singin'!
2	** Many people felt that the [[AwesomeMusic/{{Film}} whole soundtrack]] was better than the movie. Even people who thought the movie was very, very good. Not only did the soundtrack album get sequels of its own, but it also won Album of the Year at the 2002 Grammys.
3	** And the a capella singing of "Down to the River" deserves special mention for its INCREDIBLE harmonies. That many people singing together, all with amazing voices, is enough to give you goosebumps.
4	** Also the a cappella singing of American folk song “O Death” by Ralph Stanley. The soundtrack producer T-Bone Burnett originally wanted it sung traditionally, till Stanley asked to let him sing it how he wanted to, at which point Stanley put down his banjo and just sang. After about two or three verses, Burnett just said “that’s it”. It also won Stanley the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance in 2002.
5	* CrossesTheLineTwice:
6	** Everett effortlessly grifting the blind radio station manager into paying double for their performance:
7	--->''"Would it be okay if Mert and Aloysius signed their names with X's? Only'' four ''of us can write."''
8	** [[spoiler:Everett's daughters telling him repeatedly, directly to his face, that he died from being hit by a train.]]
9	** "Oh George, not the livestock!"
10	** The Ku Klux Klan scene, wherein we learn that [[spoiler: Homer Stokes]] is actually an Imperial Wizard. ''[[spoiler: And so is his little person!]]'' The [[spoiler:''[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wizard of Oz]]'' antics are also a good laugh in the middle of an otherwise terrifying scene.]]
11	* HilariousInHindsight: Wayne Duvall, who plays Homer Stokes -- [[spoiler:the Ku Klux Klan's Imperial Wizard]] -- would later go on to play [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wade Senator Benjamin Wade]], a [[spoiler:radical abolitionist and civil rights activist]], in ''Film/{{Lincoln}}''.
12	* HoYay: Delmar and Pete are handsy towards each other throughout the movie.
13	* JerkassWoobie: George Nelson is presented this way; a lonely man with poor impulse control and a desperate desire for attention and fame, which all drives him to commit crimes. He may also have some bipolar tendencies.
14	* NightmareFuel: The Ku Klux Klan rally is absolutely terrifying.
15	* TearJerker: Tommy's reaction as he's about to be lynched. He believes it's the Devil's way of collecting on his debt, but at the same time [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil he doesn't understand why the Klansmen are dragging him to his death]] when he hadn't done anything to cross them other than not be their favorite color:
16	-->"''I ain't never harmed you gentlemen. Either one of you... I ain't never harmed nobody!''"
17	* VindicatedByHistory:
18	** It's kind of in the process of this currently. Some Coen Brothers fans still give this a mixed review, while more and more are starting to see it as a masterpiece. There is a growing base that calls it the Coens' finest film.
19	** The film's soundtrack has also remained influential into TheNewTens, to the point where many casual music fans give it part of the credit for vindicating the ''entire genres'' of folk, bluegrass, and gospel, and contributing to the success of more modern AlternativeCountry.
20	* WhyWouldAnyoneTakeHerBack: Penny is a shrill, demanding woman who lies to her daughters about their father ''right in front of him,'' shows him no loyalty or affection throughout the entire movie, and refuses to remarry him unless he retrieves her old wedding ring in the cabin that is now ''[[ImpossibleTask underwater]].'' Not that Everett is exactly an upstanding citizen himself, but he must ''really'' love his daughters if he's willing to put up with that. Although her standoffish behavior may be a reaction to having to put up with Everett's selfish, scheming ways the entire time they were married.

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