What is so unique and captivating about Southern women?
I think that they are very comfortable being larger than life. I think that they’re comfortable in their eccentricities. They take themselves very seriously and completely get the joke at the same time. Why are they always pictured as eccentric? Honestly I don’t know why they are, but I’m so glad they are. It’s so entertaining. I think people are eccentric everywhere. I’m sure you could go to Scottsdale, Arizona, and find every manner of eccentricity. I think it’s just that a lot of writing has come out of the South. They’ve been depicted in books and movies over the years because there’s a flamboyance and an intensity that comes from there. It’s the same as Italian women. You don’t think anything about them [yelling, etc.]. You can just get away with things because people assign to them a certain leeway in their mannerisms. But they are also often portrayed as being ‘whacko.’ Again, that’s kind of a worldwide thing. But Southern women are portrayed that way more often. I don’t know wh
