Inbred Uprising

Shelter, Wrong Turn, the MothMan..... I could go on and on..... What are West Virginians really afraid of? We've got a ton of freakish movies that were either filmed in WV or about WV.... what's one more?? Recently, poor schmuck Donna Belajac was fired from her job, because she sent out a casting call for extras with unusual features. This was for the horror/thriller Shelter to be released in 2009. The WV Governors "Office"called it insensitive. LOL!! Then the rest of the sheep lined up to give their opinions of hollywood and complain about stereotyping... blah blah blah. Of course the movie director claimed no knowledge of the casting call and apologized. Even the casting director claimed she meant no disrespect.... I'm sure that was BEFORE she was fired. My issue with this is.... How in the HELL are the backwoods, inbred folk of WV ever gonna get a break if we don't know Hollywood is looking for us. Somebody needs to tell them they don't have to look far for what they want. All they need to do is go to a 7-11 or any side-of-the-road convenience store anytime after school lets out, and take their pick. If unusual features means an entire family missing eyebrows, or having pointed ears, then you need look no further. Politicians just take themselves too seriously, and unfortunately want us to do the same. Try protecting our state from some serious damage like strip mining or deforestation or put a few more regulations on dumping sewage into our rivers and streams. In 2006 the Census recorded that nearly 1/5th of WVs population was handicapped. Now, either there's a lot of government scamming going on, or we've got a problem in WV. So, if the good folks from Hollywood had read those stats then they could only imagine there would be a plethora of freaky faces to choose from. Were the producers really intent on insulting West Virginians... I don't think so. Yes they may have been perpetuating a most often funny and not always untrue stereotype, but come on..... lets face reality. Humans have been making fun of one another since we stood on two legs for the first time. We've also used our differences to alienate, punish and kill. When we allow what anyone says to or about us to anger us, we're only empowering that person. I could be appalled at the gay community for their almost religious fervor when it comes to bad gay films. Usually the gay theme means there's drugs cheating, cross dressing and the always present, "fruit fly"! Worse, it might be anything like Will n Grace. Fortunately, by ignoring the gay stereotypes we see on TV, we're allowing a much greater thing to happen. While cunningly amusing the neandertals that stereotypically exist in places like "the south", we're secretly taking over the earth. The Truth??? We "gays" make fun of ourselves so you can't! Why can't we do that as West Virginians? Instead of getting all high and mighty and complaining about being cast as inbred and with physical abnormalities, just get over it. Only ignorant inbred apes still believe those things about WV anyhow. You want to be proud of where you're from West Virginia????? Try picking up some of the trash in your OWN back yard and I mean that symbolically. Go Hollywood..... keep that smoke screen going!!! I just wish my hump were bigger so I could be in your movie!! In case some of you aren't sure what symbolically means, then here's a more direct picture just for you. This is the typical scene at one of our local area recreation spots. Usually it's worse. Now you say anything about WV and they'll beat you down..... dump your crap on the side of the road and you're a good ole boy!