hixploitation
hixploitation noun: a genre of exploitation film that relies on the stereotypical (and often negative) depiction of rural whites of the American South and Appalachia.
Noun
hixploitation (uncountable)
- A genre of exploitation film that relies on the stereotypical (and often negative) depiction of rural whites of the American South and Appalachia.
- The apotheosis of the hixploitation movement was Smokey and the Bandit (1977), the directorial debut of Tennessee-born veteran stuntman Hal Needham, who actually cast Mel Tillis, Foster Brooks, and Ruth Buzzi for unironic effect.2006, David Kamp, Lawrence Levi, The Film Snob*s Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Filmological Knowledge, Broadway Books, →ISBN, page 48
- While Black Snake Moan seems to unfold in a realm of synthetic fantasy—a hybrid of hip-hop's Dirty South, a bluesman's back roads, and the Dixie of '70s hixploitation flicks—it's actually set in a corner of Tennessee where a white girl named Rae (Ricci) holds the title of town slut.2007 February, Troy Patterson, “Chick Flicked”, in Spin, page 92
Forms of hixploitation
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Origin of hixploitation
From hick + -sploitation.
Questions about hixploitation
- What does hixploitation mean?
- Hixploitation means a genre of exploitation film that relies on the stereotypical (and often negative) depiction of rural whites of the American South and Appalachia.
- What part of speech is hixploitation?
- Hixploitation is a noun.
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