Stereotypes In 'Country Bumpkins'

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I watched about half of the film and it saddened me on how the brothers were treated. Then when the police accused them of having homosexual relations I was shock, I had to rewind just to make sure I heard right. They were a poor family, that live closely together, they were a family who loved each other and wanted to stay together. Just because they were closed, it didn’t mean there were inappropriate things going on in the house. They were uneducated and were taken advantage of by the cops for not knowing exactly what they were signing. I agree with you on the worlds problem with stereotyping people. Just like the brothers in the film, they were stereotype by the rich and educated people as uneducated "country bumpkins” just because they

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