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Turns out that’s EXACTLY what it is, and I love it.
#BURT REYNOLDS SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT WRISTWATCH MOVIE#
I always thought it was a ridiculous, low-budget redneck movie - an excuse to jump cars over big gaps and then crash them and to justify running from the police. I didn’t even see the movie until September of 2012. That’s way better than me just telling you my thoughts on some random movie, right? To give you a peek at why I feel the way I feel? To try to connect? Wait, where are you going NOW? Come back! We’re about to talk about Smokey And The Bandit! See, I told you we’d get to that movie! And when I stood in front of that car, I knew I had to write about Smokey and the Bandit and the journey I’ve been on that led me to see the movie.
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Why am I even talking about Smokey and the Bandit? Because at this car show I went to today, the one that reminded me of the car shows I went to with my dad as a kid, they had a 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. I don’t know why I’ve changed and stopped fighting the influence of some of the more “country” stuff from my childhood, but I’m finally at a place where I can own the fact that I love The Dukes of Hazzard, Willie Nelson, and… Smokey and the Mother Funkin’ Bandit!
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I’m getting older, and I just don’t have the passion or the desire to run from some of the stuff I’ve been fleeing from any longer. That wall I’d put up in order pretend I was never that kid with the southern accent started to come down a few years ago. The MPAA has requested that those parts be cut in order to maintain the rating I’ve requested, and I have complied.īut wait! This film is not yet rated. It reminded me too much of the time I’ve wanted to excise from the film that is my life. Prius, please! I hated car shows because they celebrated those old cars. It’s brought back a lot of memories about going to car shows with my dad as a kid, and how during the last 20 years I’ve hated all that stuff. Wait, don’t go! I promise, this is about Smokey and the Bandit.Īs I write this, I’ve just gotten home from a big classic car show and hot rod convention where I was accompanied by my six-year old stepdaughter and where we both had a blast. I think it’s London, but that’s another story/column/movie review. I’ve felt like a man away from his home, wherever that may be. For 20 years I’ve wrestled with this, and usually loathed being here and all that comes with it. CRAP.īut from 12 or 13 onward, I distanced myself as far away from that culture as I could. When something goes your way, you say “Hallelujah, and pass the cornbread.” Okay, in all honesty, no one says that and I’ve never, ever said that.
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During those first, formative 10 years, I said “y’all,” pronounced “dog” as “dawg,” and probably said “shoot, I reckon” more times than I’d like to admit. It’s a lot like Jay-Z’s "Empire State Of Mind," just with 100% more sausage gravy and the occasional grits. So I grew up in a pretty southern state of mind. You watch what your family watches, you hold their political and religious views, you listen to their music, dress the way they want you to, etc. I’ve always rebelled against the whole “southern thing.” There’s a period in your life, let’s say age 10 and under, when you are firmly a product of your environment. WAIT, don’t go! I promise, I’m going somewhere with this, but like I said, this is my fourth column: this time…IT’S PERSONAL. In a minute we’ll talk about Smokey and The Bandit, but let me lay some foundation first. I’m so, SO sorry for that pun (no I’m not). If that’s not something you’re into, check back next week for some Dolph Lundgren Fun-dgren. This week is going to be a little more personal, honest, and a little raw. It was already mostly written in my head. That column was all set to go, and I had extensive notes. It was going to be called Dolph Lundren Triple Play, and I was going to go on and on about how I thought he was underrated and consistently put out decent, low budget straight-to-DVD action movies on a regular basis. It was going to be about the three Dolph Lundgren movies I bought last week and what I thought about them. This week’s column was NOT supposed to be about Smokey and the Bandit.