This is a train wreck of a family and a train wreck of a film. You really get the impression that the jerks (there's really no other way to describe them) who made this film gave the White's enough rope to hang themselves and sat back snickering as they proceeded to do exactly that on camera. Yes, the White's are lazy, shiftless, stupid drug addicts, unfortunately, too many people in this country fit that description.
However, the one thought that sticks out in my mind about this film, is that if a similar film was made in the same way about an equally dysfunctional urban black family or reservation dwelling Native American family or any other minority family, the film makers would be pilloried as racist, bigoted jackasses.
I feel sorry for the Whites and their addictions. I feel nothing but disgust for every sick individual involved in making this film. They are more reprehensible in every way than the Whites. The Whites are ignorant or drugged out of their minds. The film makers don't even have that flimsy of an excuse.
However, the one thought that sticks out in my mind about this film, is that if a similar film was made in the same way about an equally dysfunctional urban black family or reservation dwelling Native American family or any other minority family, the film makers would be pilloried as racist, bigoted jackasses.
I feel sorry for the Whites and their addictions. I feel nothing but disgust for every sick individual involved in making this film. They are more reprehensible in every way than the Whites. The Whites are ignorant or drugged out of their minds. The film makers don't even have that flimsy of an excuse.