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Nebraska is not even in the bible belt...

posted 14 years ago by jnic7594
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LOL...when he says, no wonder this place is called the bible belt. Nebraska isn't even in the bible belt. Just google "bible belt" and it will show you a map. Sorry but all of the downtalk of Nebraska was so funny to me. I'm from Nebraska, so maybe that's why, and I don't remember so much trash talk about the state in the original movie. I think I remember hearing the name of the state they were in maybe once. Hopefully most of you out there realize that this is a movie and not a documentary, lol. We're really not that bad .

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[–] jnic7594 14 years ago

Don't forget the horse and wagons. We have not moved on to cars yet, which is why you hardly see any in the movie. The ones you see are from other states.

[–] fallen_anakin 14 years ago

Maybe they chose Nebraska mainly because it is the corn state. And the corn in the movie is important for the story.

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[–] dreamergirl01621 13 years ago

lol i agree, the corn state thing lol

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 13 years ago

I'd bet dollars to donuts that the reason King chose Nebraska was that he got the idea for the story after (or while) driving through Nebraska, seeing huge fields of corn, stopping in some tiny towns, etc.

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[–] tbonesays 12 years ago

Their state U are the Corn Huskers after all. Some of their fans playfully call themselves "the children of the corn."

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 13 years ago

The thing to realize when you're watching a film (well, other than it being fiction and not having to match anything in particular about the actual world) is that when a character says, "No wonder they call this the bible belt", it's telling you something about that character. In the film's fictional world, Nebraska may very well not be in the bible belt (we actually do not know if it is, because there's no information about this). But that doesn't matter. That character thinks of it as the bible belt, and that's what he's commenting on.

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[–] psdhart 12 years ago

That character thinks of it as the bible belt, and that's what he's commenting on.

Good point, anyway it is in the cornbelt lol

[–] mcadwell 13 years ago

I grew up in Kansas and Nebraska was always included in the bible belt.

As for relying on maps, it depends upon which map you choose...

Midwest:
http://www.mathies.com/weblog/?p=360

Northern and Southern Bible Belt:
http://www.getreligion.org/2010/11/religion-race-in-bible-belt-voting/

Southern:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Belt

[–] burrlappin 12 years ago

Well I grew up in Nebraska, and to my knowledge we have never been considered part of the 'bible belt'... as far as we're concerned, the only 'bible belt' is the 'southern' belt. Unfortunately, we do have more than our fair share of country music and talk radio, however, thankfully we are seriously lacking in the radio evangelist department. Even in the 70's Burt would've had to TRY to find one, let alone so many to have trouble avoiding them. That being said, the beginning came off as a little bit silly and misinformed... but hey, it's a fictitious town in a work of fiction.

[–] TeaBunny 11 years ago

Anything not NYC or LA is the Bible Belt.

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