They filmed the "critic darling" Beasts of the Southern Wild literally in my hometown because it felt "lost by time" (aka poor and backwater) with dozens of praises about how authentic it was because they cast a non-actor who "survived a hurricane" as a major role.
That's how low the bar is for them to say its outside the Hollywood system. When they see the barest minimum of existence outside an LA suburb and think we should be sucking them off for portraying something so quaint.
They also say it is catering to red states because it was filmed in Oklahoma with a lot of the supporting cast being Oklahomans.
Ignoring that the director had to fight the studio tooth and nail because they wanted it to be filmed in Atlanta.
They filmed the "critic darling" Beasts of the Southern Wild literally in my hometown because it felt "lost by time" (aka poor and backwater) with dozens of praises about how authentic it was because they cast a non-actor who "survived a hurricane" as a major role.
That's how low the bar is for them to say its outside the Hollywood system. When they see the barest minimum of existence outside an LA suburb and think we should be sucking them off for portraying something so quaint.