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Due to the book's commercial success and timeliness of the 2016 election, some tried to use "Hillbilly Elegy" to explain how Trump won over previously Democratic areas. This gave Vance the ...
Eastern Kentucky weighs in on Vance's book: "He paints a story of the ‘immoral Appalachian,'" a resident told Yahoo News. JD Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy' continues to stir controversy and generate ...
The book was adapted into a Netflix movie released in 2020. ... 'Hillbilly Elegy' controversy. Despite the popularity of Vance's memoir, both it and the movie adaptation were met with criticism.
The book was positively received by conservatives such as National Review columnist Mona Charen [11] and National Review editor and Slate columnist Reihan Salam. [12] American Conservative contributor and blogger Rod Dreher expressed admiration for Hillbilly Elegy, saying that Vance "draws conclusions... that may be hard for some people to take ...
One review in The Atlantic criticizes the film and book for framing poverty as a “moral failing of individuals” rather than a larger system at work: “Hillbilly Elegy has to simplify the ...
Hillbilly Elegy is a 2020 American drama film directed by Ron Howard from a screenplay by Vanessa Taylor, based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by (now U.S. vice president-elect) JD Vance. The film stars Amy Adams and Glenn Close , and features Gabriel Basso , Haley Bennett , Freida Pinto , Bo Hopkins in his final film appearance, and Owen ...
The writer knew the bestselling memoir was politically fraught, but that's not what led to some of her most challenging edits.
Some Appalachians loathed "Hillbilly Elegy," prompting an entirely different book that served as a response to Vance's thesis. They argued it reinforced stereotypes about rural Americans and ...