English. Subtitles are used recurrently for multiple characters throughout the show, which differentiate it from any of the other shows that are or can be observed. It seems there is a rising attention brought to the struggle with southern dialects by the inclusion of these subtitles. For the viewer, it almost implies that southerners are backwards, uneducated, and are unable to communicate in the ways in which the general audience is able to communicate. It seems that the language barrier is one of the most basic ways to emphasize the southern stereotype without reality television industries flat out stating, ‘they are different from us; therefore, we are not the same,’ in their programs pertaining to southern language and status. Concluding
