Through watching Deliverance in class and reading many of the critic reviews on rottentomato.com, I was able to gain a solid understanding of what the movie is about and how the public generally thinks of it. Despite the wide range of criticism Deliverance receives from Appalachians, I have found that the vast majority of its viewers see it as a well-executed drama film. It does not appear that anyone, other than the select group of Appalachians, is offended.

I have read numerous comments regarding Deliverance on rottentomato.com and I have yet to see anyone describe the depictions of Appalachian people as unfair. I think this is largely because the movie is a drama, not a documentary. When the movie was filmed, the goal was to entertain its audience with an exceptional story about a backwoods adventure gone wrong. The movie doesn’t seem to imply that every encounter with Appalachian people has to be undesirable. The movie simply follows the lead actors on a trip that takes a turn for the worst, much like any other horror or drama flick.

With that in mind, we have been focusing on the positive and negative depictions that people have on Appalachia. As a result, when the movie began I was focused on find the extreme views displayed in the movie. I think the most memorable scene in the movie was when two Appalachian men assaulted two of lead actors, at gunpoint. I think most people tend to remember this scene because it was when the adventure transitioned from a beautiful canoeing trip, into a horrible nightmare. I don’t think the average viewer remembers the scene because of the fact that the assaulters were from the Appalachian region.