Kickin' & Streamin' Podcast

On this week's episode of Kickin' & Streamin' Podcast, Graham & Jocelyn discuss the Netflix movie  Hillbilly Elegy, based on a  memoir by the same title written by J.D. Vance. Graham begins by addressing the controversy surrounded by the book; which at the time of its publication, became a point of argument in which  people on the conservative political spectrum touted the book as a testament of its author achieving the "American Dream" by rising out of the poverty-stricken Appalachia region of America to an Ivy League college graduated lawyer. Whereas those in the liberal spectrum of American politics viewed the book as far less of a success story, but rather a vivid account of a part of America that has been left uncared for and its people devastated by poverty, lack of opportunities, and an increasing opioid addiction problem.  Jocelyn addressed the movies lazy portrayal of poor people and its enforcement of stereotypes which have been long used by rich people to describe and po