A great episode that was unfortunately ahead of its time. At points it is uncomfortable to watch how Cotton treats women. It is unfortunate however how the show treats Luanne for the rest of the show.
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King of the Hills take on Sexism
jackheincollege12 January 2021
Cotton Hill: Patriotism and Toxic Masculinity
LanceUppercutt12 April 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Cotton is a terrible character yet we love his eccentric behavior because he is unpredictable and has no censorship. Yet he also works in this episode.
Bobby invites his Grandpa Cotton, a shinless veteran and his younger step-grandmother, Didi, whom went to school with Hank, Bobby starts to adopt some rude and unacceptable sexist behavior from Cotton, though Hank enables it due to Cotton's war history and his sacrifices to help America. This goes awry quickly.
Hank's enabling is annoying and does irritate anyone who has a spouse who defends a family member's controversial comments or actions. Peggy's jokes against Cotton are quite funny and the beginning of the episode just shows where the humor grows later on. Bobby's new behavior though shows he is impressionable since he looks up to Cotton, it also shows how a small mishap could lead to a large domino fall.
Cotton, despite his behavior and dangerous actions, takes on the episode in an antihero-like status. The worse that Cotton does, he actually becomes a character of reckless chaos and unnecessary pugilism which makes the show's calm humor seem both out of place but yet in pure sync. The uttering of his " Fifty Men " catchphrase than has split fans into thinking it's been played out or it is underrated, its however makes the character seem more patriotic in a crazed way.
Didi, on the other hand, is bland and emotionless as a character, though later on this does work and her character is later seen to be slightly three dimensional than the other appearances.
Cotton's actions are flamboyant and wild but shows how he can easily manipulate Hank by using war guilt or pretending to be stranded. His behavior is insane but works for his character and has become a big part of what Cotton is. Hank's moment of standing up to his father shows that he is tired of his father's controlling and prejudice behavior that has influenced Bobby to the resort of a food fight and has been mocking Peggy's lifestyle to point of him referring her as Hank's Wife.
The Lesson is thrown all over the place but it's solution is plainly to see that Cotton's actions are not worthy and while Cotton's mind set is stuck in a different time, the scene of the Hotel Arlen shows he is a sinking stone Bob Dylan sings about. Hank's lecture does show he respects his wife though this line later is contradicted by the final shot of waitresses at a 50s diner in a Texan setting.
Despite the fans seeing Cotton this way, his strange and cruel demeanor becomes a cult hit to many diehard fans.
Yup.
Bobby invites his Grandpa Cotton, a shinless veteran and his younger step-grandmother, Didi, whom went to school with Hank, Bobby starts to adopt some rude and unacceptable sexist behavior from Cotton, though Hank enables it due to Cotton's war history and his sacrifices to help America. This goes awry quickly.
Hank's enabling is annoying and does irritate anyone who has a spouse who defends a family member's controversial comments or actions. Peggy's jokes against Cotton are quite funny and the beginning of the episode just shows where the humor grows later on. Bobby's new behavior though shows he is impressionable since he looks up to Cotton, it also shows how a small mishap could lead to a large domino fall.
Cotton, despite his behavior and dangerous actions, takes on the episode in an antihero-like status. The worse that Cotton does, he actually becomes a character of reckless chaos and unnecessary pugilism which makes the show's calm humor seem both out of place but yet in pure sync. The uttering of his " Fifty Men " catchphrase than has split fans into thinking it's been played out or it is underrated, its however makes the character seem more patriotic in a crazed way.
Didi, on the other hand, is bland and emotionless as a character, though later on this does work and her character is later seen to be slightly three dimensional than the other appearances.
Cotton's actions are flamboyant and wild but shows how he can easily manipulate Hank by using war guilt or pretending to be stranded. His behavior is insane but works for his character and has become a big part of what Cotton is. Hank's moment of standing up to his father shows that he is tired of his father's controlling and prejudice behavior that has influenced Bobby to the resort of a food fight and has been mocking Peggy's lifestyle to point of him referring her as Hank's Wife.
The Lesson is thrown all over the place but it's solution is plainly to see that Cotton's actions are not worthy and while Cotton's mind set is stuck in a different time, the scene of the Hotel Arlen shows he is a sinking stone Bob Dylan sings about. Hank's lecture does show he respects his wife though this line later is contradicted by the final shot of waitresses at a 50s diner in a Texan setting.
Despite the fans seeing Cotton this way, his strange and cruel demeanor becomes a cult hit to many diehard fans.
Yup.
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