Katrina Elam

Rednecks and Country (Oct 2006)

Comedian Jeff Foxworthy became very popular thanks to his trademark shtick of "You'd be a redneck if..." The list went on and on and on about the dumb things that rednecks did or said. Foxworthy, a Southerner, never exactly seemed to embrace the lifestyle as one that was all that commendable or worthy. His treatment of the subject at hand was more in terms of poking fun than glorifying the lifestyle, which has long been the object of ridicule. But somehow that notion has changed in recent  ...