In O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Everett escapes from his prison sentence to stop his wife from remarrying. When he finally reaches her, she refuses to take him back stating that she is getting married to Vernon T. Waldrip. Vernon is the campaign manager for Homer Stokes who is running for governor for the state of Mississippi. Everett tries to reason with Penny stating that he is a changed man and he came all this way to win her back. He even goes as far to fight Vernon. Everett may be a convict but he has more moral fiber than most of the law enforcement and government characters. Vernon is the campaign manager of a man who is the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The movie does not give any specifics of the integrity of Vernon, but he does
