The South: People Should Need a Passport to Come Down Here

I will never forget when I saw the movie Sweet Home Alabama for the first time. I was in college and Gail and I did a girls night on a Friday evening to see the movie. It was the first weekend it opened and the theater was packed.

The South: People should need a passport to come down here. From Sweet Home Alabama
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This quote was said early in the movie and it is so true! It is just such a wonderful and unique culture down here. To me that is one of the beauties of the United States… it is so very diverse!

But back to the first time I saw the movie. In that packed theater on a Friday night in the heart of the south. There is a scene towards the end where Melanie breaks off the wedding and punches the potential Yankee mother-in-law. The father of the bride cheers and says something along the lines of “the south rises again.” The ENTIRE theater started clapping and cheering. Seriously. Gail and I were totally taken aback. It was unlike any movie-going experience that I have ever had. Cheering in the middle of the film?! Only in the South 🙂 Gotta love it!