My Big Redneck Wedding
I am not ashamed to say that I am a huge country lover. My favorite music is country music because it tells a story about an experience that person or someone close to them have gone through. I also really enjoy the outdoors and have been called the small town country atmosphere. However many people tend to disagree with me on these terms. There is this show called My Big Redneck Wedding that plays on CMT (the country music television). This show exploits all the negative aspects of being a small town man or woman in the country and shows all the stereotypes that normal people in the same situation try to stray away from. These couples go all out “redneck” style for there weddings; complete with camouflage bridesmaid dresses, potluck style reception, and a mud pit. Yes there are people out in our society that live up to these standards but this is not the norm, and yet this is what the media portrays as the typical southern couple. They depict them as unintelligent with no clue to how to live a normal life, a life in which most of our culture is accustom to. It is as if these couples are a completely different species but they are just like us. Is it fair for us to judge them on their way of living? Everyone is different and everyone is brought up a different way. There is no reason to judge someone on their definition of the perfect wedding, let alone the perfect life style. Weddings do not always have to be this glamorous, thousand dollar wedding with huge center pieces and ice sculptures. Weddings are about two people in love dedicating themselves to one another. Who cares if it is in a fancy ballroom or a barn, as long as they are happy and content with it so should we. These weddings and couples are definitely odd in some ways but they are so in love and the receptions they have appear to be the hit of the town.
