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[Jonathan Walley]

Hello Jimbo,

I thought about Uncle Josh, or country rube, or “provincial.” All sound pretty impolite. But the extreme reaction of Uncle Josh is what I hope for from my students when they first encounter avant-garde/experimental cinema - not so much the leaping into the screen, but certainly a strong emotional reaction that leaves them disoriented. 

Using the term “hayseed,” I didn’t really have in mind anyone from a specific region, as being from an urban environment doesn’t make a student any more likely to have seen experimental films before coming to college. Lately I’ve heard about the “global south” and the “global north,” a new variant on industrialized vs. non-industrialized, elite vs. marginal, etc., which projects the more regionally specific north/south distinction onto the world in general. Perhaps we need a term like “the global hayseed.” 

JW

> On Mar 2, 2021, at 3:31 PM, James Kreul <kreulj at gmail.com> wrote:
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> [I know “hayseed” is impolite, but I just mean it as blanket term for innocent eyes, and after all, I do teach in Ohio].
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> Jonathan,
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> Perhaps the film-historical reference that would be a bit more polite would be "Uncle Josh," referencing "Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show." Unless, of course, you believe that Uncle Josh is a "hayseed," as suggested by the British original, "The Countryman and the Cinematograph." 
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