ME and hubby! He has been waiting for it to start for weeks!
Me too! I saw the preview at the movie theater, which I thought was kind of odd -- I've never seen a TV show advertised at the theater -- and I've been looking forward to it!
So, how accurate is this? Did Cap really desert in the middle of the war? If that is true, I can't blame Randolph for being angry with him. He was messed up when he got back and to see Cap prospering, would have burned me up also.
DH and I wondered about this too, and we'd like to know how much was poetic license. I knew that the pig thing was true, but it does seem realistic that something came before the pig and a whole lot came after the pig!
No I think it was the accents. Like the clothes they aren't sanitizing the speaking or the accents, they really sound like they are from the Appalachians/West Virginia hills.
My DH has the TV loud and I could hear the volume fine but had to really listen to understand the accents.
I don't know about that. I've lived in the South all my life, and I have a purty good Suth'rn drawl maself. I know people from the Appalachias -- yet I had trouble understanding some of the people on TV. It seemed to be worst in the first scenes. I don't know whether the sound technicians did a better job as time went on, or if my ears became accustomed to the accents.
Sort of accurate. The Hatfields lived in what would become West Virginia. They fought for the Confederacy. The McCoys lived in a neighboring county in Kentucky. They fought for the Union. Asa Harmon McCoy was killed when he returned home after fighting for the Union army. Asa McCoy came home early because he had a broken leg. He was killed by confederate homeguard. At first, they blamed Anse Hatfield, but later confirmed that he was not involved. It is believed that his uncle, Jim Vance, committed the murder.
The second incident didn't occur until 13 years later. That was the hog incident. The real tension developed when Roseanna McCoy and Johnson Hatfield fell in love. She did stay with the Hatfields for awhile, but returned home. When they tried to get together again, Johnson Hatfield was arrested by the McCoys on a bootlegging charge. Roseanna did make a late night ride to get Johnson's father to rescue him. Johnson ended up abandoning the pregnant Roseanna and married her cousin, Nancy McCoy, instead.
It really escalated when Ellison Hatfield, brother of Devil Anse Hatfield, was killed by three of Roseanna's brothers. The brothers were eventually murdered, as well.
In 1888, members of the Hatfield family surrounded the McCoy cabin and opened fire on the sleeping family. The cabin was set on fire. Randolph McCoy made it out, but not all of his children did. He was wife was beaten and left for dead.
Further violence occurred over the next few years. Eventually, state militia were sent in to restore peace. In the end, some of the Hatfields stood trial for the McCoy cabin massacre. Some were imprisoned and others hanged.
Interesting. Sounds like the writers had the truth but used poetic license as well, particularly in placing them both on the same side of the war and the dessertion.
How 'bout the economic discrepancies? In the show, the Hatfields dress better, seem to be better educated, and their cabin has sprouted additions as the show progresses (and it looked better to start with).
To go back to the accent topic, I thought they were calling Kevin Costner's character Devil Vance Hatfield, and I assumed he was named for his uncle. Since I've already been so wrong on his name, was he really named Devil Anse, or was the Devil part just a nickname? I'd like to think no mother would name her baby boy for Satan -- seems like a bad precident -- but I know that my family has some awfully odd names from back in those generations. (Ah, just for the record, none of my ancestors were named for inhabitants of the Everlasting Bonfire.)
No. My info came from a book I read, "Blood Feud" by Lisa Alther. According to her book, Asa McCoy was released early. There was nothing about a desertion. If you're intrested in the subject, I recommend this book. Very interesting.
I enjoyed the first part of this series very much, and I think I would like to read that book. However, I'll have to add it to the loooong list of things I want to read.
I'd been waiting to see him after I saw his name in the opening creds. Turns out I'd been "seeing" him all along, just didn't know it. Holy crap!
I also found Mare Winningham's (Mrs. McCoy) performance really moving as a Mom.
But yes, I can understand how she would not want any more children and that would be one way to try to avoid it, for sure.
