#25: What is the best non-western set in the South?
Pop culture classics were on the menu last week. We duked it out over most of the greats but there are few movies that can match the OG Star Wars of 1977. LC called it and earned the right to ask:
What is the best non-western set in the South?
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There's a bit of a discussion about what should be considered "Southern." Perhaps LC can weigh in but my understanding has always been that "Southern" referred to the areas of the U.S. south of the Mason Dixon line (the southern borders or PA, IN, OH, IL and western border of DE). Or, states that joined in the Confederacy like TX and MO. And yet ,KS can definitely be considered southern in my book based off the culture. I've got a family of them to prove it.
The southwest is tricky because though it's obviously southern geographically, there wasn't much "southern" about AZ, NM or San Diego any time I've ever been in those places. Yet some of the small desert towns are quite "southern" indeed.
America. It's weird.
Since Jess took my first answer I'll go with To Kill A Mockingbird. One of the all-time great courtroom dramas, it's also a film that does justice to the book it was based on. The ending is layered and the characters are complex.