Quote Originally Posted by polmico View Post
Care to shine a light? What's it about?
It's about a family in depression-era Georgia. They are sharecroppers who haven't planted in years, though the father says he's going to and never does. Their house is falling down and they don't care. The grandmother is run over dead by the good-for-nothing son in the front yard and they don't care. The good-for-nothing son marries a preacher's widow and proceeds to destroy her new car after running down a black farmer on the side of the road and they don't care. The daughter apparently is gorgeous (a real Ellie Mae Clampett type), but she's got a hare lip. The father is constantly saying he's going to Augusta to get it fixed so he can marry her off and never does. The son finally assumes the farm and does nothing though he talks big like he will.

I found it disturbing because I know people like this.