I am from the northern part of what is known as the Appalachian Region. Whenever Appalachia (and that’s Appa-latch-uh, not Appa-lay-shuh) is portrayed in media, however, it is the region just south of where I grew up, in Kentucky and Tennessee and the like. It’s always the areas struck hardest by poverty. Hollywood, for years, has preyed off these people for the sake of a … Continue reading Hillbilly Elegy (2020)