Hillbilly Elegy director Ron Howard says he’s ‘surprised and disappointed’ by JD Vance

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/jd-vance-ron-howard-hillbilly-elegy-trump-b2608988.html

39 Comments

  1. i-love-freesias on

    It seems to be what everyone says about him, that he changes constantly, apparently.

    I feel sorry for Usha, his wife.

  2. I’m so tired of hearing about this book. My uncle talked to me about it like it’s a sequel to the Bible. Like the mere publication of it shook the heavens and Earth. He has never read it nor does he own a copy. I’m so tired of Republican brainwashing.

  3. It wasn’t even a very good book. Incel vibes former emo kid from Cincinnati whines about how the decline in Appalachia is narrowly all the people’s fault for not being better than they are, and nothing at all to do with the offshoring of plant, mill, manufacturing jobs and failed trickle down policies.

  4. recognizepatterns on

    So we want 1 percenters who are worth hundreds of millions happy? Your side doesn’t know what it wants lol. Maybe that why your own pollsters has harris down and in panic mode lol. Can’t wait to see the meltdown on this sub in November

  5. I’m not even joking when I say, of all the people I wanted to hear from on this it’s Ron Howard. I find this man to be an American treasure and was scratching my head about his involvement with Vance

  6. Liberals gotten taken for a ride by this goof and his terrible book. It’s embarrassing how easy it is to trick them into thinking there’s a self-reflective conservative out there.

  7. PracticableSolution on

    Perspective matters; it’s a terrible “small town boy makes good” movie and Howard should be ashamed of making it. That being said, it’s a fairly decent “villain origin story” movie and Howard still should be ashamed of making it.

  8. You know it’s bad when Opie is disappointed in you. The only thing worse would be to see that same disappointment in Aunt B and Pa’s eyes too.

  9. ChristopherPizza on

    Maybe it’s because I came from a poorer family, but I find it hard to believe anyone read that damn book and is surprised. JFC, it was obvious.

  10. Buckets-of-Gold on

    I read his book in high school with very little context other than “all the NYT think pieces say this book explains the Trump voter”. It does not, it explains why JD Vance probably despises the average Trump voter.

    My civics teacher saw me reading it and asked what I thought, I didn’t have much of an answer. He says “oh, well I thought it was just terrible” before abruptly stopping and giving me a wide-eyed look. “I should not have said that and let you make your opinion I think”.

    Yes Mr. Mertz, you should have- I never got the joy of coming to the conclusion JD Vance is a cancerous tube worm on my own.

  11. No-Document-8970 on

    I think it would be interesting and scary to write a “republican Bible.” But I also know that would be dangerous, even if meant to be a satire.

  12. so this movie came out in 2020. is it any good? is it a comedy? i usually think Ron Howard is a pretty solid director. was this a netflix movie or something done for cash?

  13. themorningmosca on

    Ron really took some artistic freedoms with the “foldout couch” scene. No one saw it coming.

  14. the_owl_syndicate on

    Surprised? Disappointed? I don’t understand. Vance (and Trump) have been like this for years. You’re just embarrassed you fell for the con.

  15. iamnothereanymore on

    I don’t know about the book but the movie felt very much like a narrative meant to serve him politically in the future.

  16. Vance is just an actor, playing a part for the Trump family of grifters. He plays the part of ” mini me.” He is the evil second that will burn with his bosses. Their end is near. Lets be gone if them all.

  17. nickelundertone on

    >The film was described by The Independent’s critic Clarisse Loughrey as “a sickeningly irresponsible parade of death and despair”

  18. Then Ron Howard should donate all the money he made from selling J.D. Vance’s story to fight opioid addiction or shut the hell up. Put your money where your mouth is.

  19. Does the book explain why he cannot order a box of donuts like a normal human being?

    For example, does he have some kind of debilitating trauma linked to making a simple, informed choice? Or is there a reason he turns into a robot when faced with people working in a service industry?

    “Please state the length of your employment. I will take one selection of your finest human food. This completes the transaction, good bye.”