Whiskey Madness!Surely there will be prohibition. If not on federal level, at least in some states. Movies about prohibition might be strongly pro-prohibition.
Whiskey Madness!Surely there will be prohibition. If not on federal level, at least in some states. Movies about prohibition might be strongly pro-prohibition.
While I do doubt they would have a substantial movie industry its not like southerns were a bunch of inbred stereotypes. That is a pretty ignorant assumption.
Im not saying southerners would. Im saying that their government would be so underdeveloped that wouldnt ne able to invent it or understand it.
Case in point is Nazi Germany. Germany was known for being on of the most advanced nations in the world. But having a Nazi government in power, science and progress suffered and went backwards for them.
I wouldnt be surprised if the CSA adopted some pseudo race science as an official stance.
I apologize if I sounded lile I was saying all southerners are stupid. I meant to say how backwards the CSA would be.
Im not saying southerners would. Im saying that their government would be so underdeveloped that wouldnt ne able to invent it or understand it.
Case in point is Nazi Germany. Germany was known for being on of the most advanced nations in the world. But having a Nazi government in power, science and progress suffered and went backwards for them.
I wouldnt be surprised if the CSA adopted some pseudo race science as an official stance.
I apologize if I sounded lile I was saying all southerners are stupid. I meant to say how backwards the CSA would be.
This thread needs a poll
Will Song of the South play in Confederate Theatres?
Confederate censorship bureaus would consider Song of the South to be dangerously subversive.
Prohibition - would it occur in a CSA? There's a sub-genre of southern set bootlegging films/TV series IOTL, based on dry counties - you could have dry states in a CSA.
Lots of stuff like Dukes of Hazzard and Smoky & the Bandit, maybe.
Yeah. Song of the South, despite its modern reputation, was for the time relatively pro=black, as it was supposed to be aimed toward preserving cultural stories developed during slavery and passed down orally before they were lost. The framing device is cringe-worthy when viewed today of course, but not at the time.
A slasher film called JOHN BROWN
The ghost of the infamous abolitionist psychopath haunts the suburbs of Northern Virginia, hacking to death white girls who the curse upon themselves by thinking lustfully about black men.
The opening credits, as per Carpetner's Halloween, feature children's voices singing John Brown's Body Lies A-Moldin' In The Grave.
Politicization of the Soviet Union is greatly exaggerated ... It was more in different ways. For example, for the films of the 1970s, full apolitical character is characteristic. As for the Confederate films, this is also true, as for modern American cinema. The only difference between North and South is that the North is industrial, and the South is agrarian. Think about what films the farmers will love.I was thinking more like the Soviet Union?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Soviet_Union
Which despite the politics has produced some genuine classic!
I don't see a surviving CSA being a cultural exporter*, at least as long as slavery persists. However, should slavery end in manner that's even half-way amicable** I think Afro-American cultural production (southern blacks invented both Jazz and Blues music) could certainly take off and allow a sort of afro-american equivalent to Bollywood to develop in New Orleans. After that the CSA as a whole might start to export more media, but I think it will be a more skewed output that leaves the uninformed consumer thinking that the CSA is 60% black, 20% Cajun, and 20% Texan.Are they popular enough to create a rival to Hollywood, perhaps create a niche like Bollywood, or fail spectacularly altogether?
Any film that portrayed white girls thinking lustfully about black men would probably be banned in the Confederacy and the director, screenwriter, producer and actors all blacklisted.
Politicization of the Soviet Union is greatly exaggerated ... It was more in different ways. For example, for the films of the 1970s, full apolitical character is characteristic. As for the Confederate films, this is also true, as for modern American cinema. The only difference between North and South is that the North is industrial, and the South is agrarian. Think about what films the farmers will love.
I don't see a surviving CSA being a cultural exporter*, at least as long as slavery persists. However, should slavery end in manner that's even half-way amicable** I think Afro-American cultural production (southern blacks invented both Jazz and Blues music) could certainly take off and allow a sort of afro-american equivalent to Bollywood to develop in New Orleans. After that the CSA as a whole might start to export more media, but I think it will be a more skewed output that leaves the uninformed consumer thinking that the CSA is 60% black, 20% Cajun, and 20% Texan.
*perhaps some war movies could get international acclaim. I don't see a film about the Alamo stirring up much controversy, same goes for any civil war flick that focuses on the personal experiences of soldiers (rather than "REEEEEEEEE YANKEES").
**Yes yes I know its unlikely but let's humour the notion for a moment.
I don't think I ever implied that CSA cultural exports would significantly penetrate the US markets. I compared it to Bollywood, which also hasn't significantly penetrated the US markets, instead becoming more of a niche/novelty.Would it? Southern Blacks had access to US music halls, record companies and radio stations OTL all of which will be much more difficult since the CSA is foreign . It is going to be difficult for foreign music to crack the US market.
I don't think I ever implied that CSA cultural exports would significantly penetrate the US markets. I compared it to Bollywood, which also hasn't significantly penetrated the US markets, instead becoming more of a niche/novelty.
Yeah on that note the British Film industry may be a better comparison in terms of its ability to penetrate US markets (especially as unlike Bollywood, the national cinema of a CSA would also be english language), a few hits here and there but certainly nothing to threaten Hollywood's hegemony.The North always did have a taste for Southern culture, even in the antebellum period, so I could see a well-made movie or two managing to succeed up North.
The North always did have a taste for Southern culture, even in the antebellum period, so I could see a well-made movie or two managing to succeed up North.