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On this week\u2019s session of The Bird & The Bear \u2026 Our hosts, Sammy Ray and Daryl Lazer discuss Super Bowl ads and the Deep South \u2026 The Deep South portion of their discussion is based off to two YouTube documentaries by Peter Santenello, \u201cDeep South - First Impressions\u201d and \u201cDeep South\u2019s Poorest Region - What\u2019s It Like?\u201d \u2026 Let\u2019s sort through it together!

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(0:00) - The session opens with a short discussion about the Super Bowl that\u2019s mostly focused on the weird \u201cHe Gets Us\u201d ads that ran during the commercial breaks - \u201cMoney made off of selling crap s**t for your home \u2026 Period\u201d

(11:40) - Our hosts share their personal experiences with the south before introducing the first documentary they\u2019ll be analyzing, \u201cDeep South - First Impressions\u201d by Peter Santenello - \u201cM-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I \u2026 I said that cause I wanted to know if I knew how to spell it correctly\u201d

(20:34) - The subject of the documentary, Booker T, starts to show some negative feelings towards welfare recipients - \u201cNot, I had to get out of here because somewhere else was less racist \u2026 I had to figure out a place that was racist in a different way\u201d

(26:11) - A conversation about people\u2019s guarded attitudes in the Deep South turns into a debate over just how much Booker T\u2019s community really likes him - \u201cThey take that line of, \u2018He hasn\u2019t been through anything that I haven\u2019t been through \u2026 Why\u2019s he important?\u2019\u201d

(34:44) - The age, condition, and historical significance of the small communities in parts of the Deep South - \u201cEven if their communities were poorly constructed and poorly made, they worked so hard to make what they had last\u201d

(42:28) - Critiques of the documentary turn into a second, but productive debate about combating prejudice - \u201cIf I cannot be black, you better stand on business and be not black with me\u201d

(51:44) - As the documentary focuses in on Booker T\u2019s personal life, our hosts give their final thoughts on what his true character might be - \u201cHe makes sure everybody knows him \u2026 So that nobody can cross him \u2026 He\u2019s jivin\u201d

(1:06:00) - Our hosts move onto a second documentary on the Deep South, \u201cDeep South\u2019s Poorest Region - What\u2019s It Like?\u201d by Peter Santenello - \u201cThose names couldn\u2019t be more old America \u2026 Of course, Mr. Bruno and Mr. Brimm Brimley \u2026 Monopoly characters \u2026 Put alligators in the lake\u201d

(1:12:40) - The mayor of Alligator, Mississippi and his desire to bring a dollar store to the community - \u201cThey have the land to be self-sufficient \u2026 They can have the barter system\u201d

(1:20:10) - Our hosts discuss the many issues that have left the Deep South economically stunned and give their final thoughts on both documentaries - \u201cThey don\u2019t want you \u2026 They took it away from you \u2026 They patented your ability to make a living\u201d