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*Saluting Daryl, 'The Walking Dead's' Subversive Redneck Hero*
Big-Hollywood ^
| 4 Mar 2013
| Christian Toto
Posted on 03/05/2013 8:06:20 PM PST by virgil283
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"None of this would be possible without Reedus's knack for embracing Daryl's culture without demeaning it"
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:06:39 PM PST
by
virgil283
To: virgil283
If Daryl dies, we riot.
I’m just saying...
To: virgil283
He’s just a good common sense redneck like you’ll find all across rural America.
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:10:34 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: virgil283
To: virgil283
sighhhhh O thank you for giving my Darryl fix. I won’t know what to do when this seasons ends, and the new one starts in October.
To: cripplecreek
And I’d bet he’s eaten squirrel all his life. And maybe even some coon and possum.
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:17:50 PM PST
by
Terry Mross
(How long before America is gone?)
To: vladimir998
Can we sue for Emotional Stress if that happens?
To: Patriot Babe; WXRGina; autumnraine; CatherineofAragon
Norman
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:24:16 PM PST
by
virgil283
( ... pride is a hindrance to truth,.... Roosh)
To: Terry Mross
Rednecks get the job done one way or another.
If your shanty falls through the ice, you don't just leave it there. You go find some redneck friends to help pull it out.
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:24:40 PM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: virgil283
That’s an excellent write-up about Daryl. I know much more about him now than from the first season.
Thanks for pinging me on it, Virgil!
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:40:42 PM PST
by
WXRGina
(The Founding Fathers would be shooting by now.)
To: virgil283
Is it me or was the most recent episode excruciatingly slow?
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posted on
03/05/2013 8:41:23 PM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: andyk
That long monologue of Morgan’s is the first time the writers have seriously dropped the ball. I hope it’s’ the last.
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posted on
03/05/2013 9:15:32 PM PST
by
Argus
To: andyk
If you watched from the beginning, the most recent episode is fully in the tradition of using the zombie apocalypse as the muse of human nature. It also sported the killer combo of the holy **** moment, and stands with S01E06, S02E06 and S02E12 as among the best of the show, IMO.
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posted on
03/05/2013 9:16:33 PM PST
by
Dr.Deth
To: virgil283
Though I really like the character and where he is going, but he did make an off-hand comment towards an effigy of Christ in a church.
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posted on
03/05/2013 9:30:28 PM PST
by
Thorliveshere
(Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
To: Terry Mross
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posted on
03/05/2013 10:13:30 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to thoe tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
To: autumnraine
Nope. Born in Florida, grew up in California:
http://www.imdb.com/
Also, the Walking Dead has the unfortunate characteristic of being largely a cheesy soap opera with occasional "wow" moments. They've been that way since the beginning. Plenty of people still like it, but it could have been so much better.
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posted on
03/05/2013 10:21:12 PM PST
by
fr_freak
To: andyk
Yep, and a few before that too.
Way to much yakking, blah blah and feeeeelings, bah, and not enough zombie action. Napalm and stuff!
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posted on
03/05/2013 10:21:40 PM PST
by
GRRRRR
(He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
To: virgil283
People enjoy characters that are all of a piece. They like subtlety and complexity, too, but the ones that pop are the ones with a simple enough hook. Daryl jumps out of the screen because he’s different from the rest of the characters, besides Merle, but also because he’s a fully formed type. He has integrity, in a manner of speaking. That is to say every part of him fits with the whole, and the audience notices that immediately.
His thoroughgoing redneckism allows him, also, to be one of the easiest to develop. For the less time spent establishing a character, the quicker you can make them do things against type. Which is a big part of compelling drama. Luring people to expect certain things, then to play out events consonant and dissonant with these expectations.
To: virgil283
I met him about a year ago, he was pretty down to earth and totally not pretentious at all. Also, he is physically beautiful in person.
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posted on
03/05/2013 11:59:32 PM PST
by
chae
(I was anti-Obama before it was cool)
To: virgil283
My daughter says if Daryl dies, she's done with the show. It's funny my daughter is kind of preppy dressing, an athletic brainiac. I guess teenagers always like the bad boy!
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