In the Heat of the Night: The South

Everyone’s favorite region of the U.S., as Matt teases in part 1. Maybe not, but it could be the most mythologized (though not represented). Beyond being the origin of a Lion King joke none of us got as kids, In the Heat of the Night leaves front-and-center the matter from which Southern identity can never escape: race. Tim talks Daughters of the Dust, a hyper-specific look at the Gullah of the lowlands, and The Member of the Wedding, a broader encapsulation of Southern identity, as replacements for understanding this complex and proud region.