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I really like this film. But


i find it kinda funny how all the characters are sooooo dark and mysterious when all they are is small time coke dealers. So what. My little cousin is a coke dealer. He doesn't act like he's al capone.


Jean and Scotty never have to worry.

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The film did not do a good job of showing this, but it's clear in the book that the Dollys are a crime family and probably have been since the Civil War. Almost all their men are named either MIlton or Jessup -- the family calls them by nicknames like Teardrop and Thump -- so that the law will have a hard time keeping track of them. And people who ask too many questions end up "et by hogs or wishing they was." Meth cooking is just the latest criminal frontier; I suspect Thump makes his money receiving stolen cattle, hence the scene at the auction.

They're like the Mafia-- don't mess with them.

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Thanks. That's some good info ?

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