We can all tell The Dukes Of Hazzard is going to be pure crap. No surprise there. A major motion picture where 2 of the 3 lead “actors” aren’t even actors at all.
It’s so bad, that even the actor who played one of the TV shows most beloved characters, Cooter, is telling people to stay away from the film. The good folks at the USA Today give us this:
Ben Jones, a former Georgia congressman who played the wisecracking mechanic on the popular series from 1979-85, said profanity and sexual content in the film make a mockery of the family friendly show.
“Basically, they trashed our show,” said Jones, who now lives in the mountains of Washington, Va. “It’s one thing to do whatever movie they want to do, but to take a classic family show and do that is like taking “I Love Lucy” and making her a crackhead or something.”
“From all I have seen and heard, the “Dukes” movie is a sleazy insult to all of us who have cared about the “Dukes of Hazzard” for so long … ,” Jones wrote. “Unless they clean it up before the August 5th release date I would strongly recommend that true blue Dukes fans hold their noses and pass this one up.”
He’s got a point. From the music videos, previews and trialers I’ve seen… they’ve taken a strong sensible female character (Daisy Duke) and turned her into nothing but a slutty whore (hehe… i’ts fun saying “slutty whore”). Have you seen the “music” video for the new boots are made for walking song from the film? Ugg.
This movie is a total car wreck waiting to happen. Perhaps it will surprise us… we’ll see.
