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A horrible portrayal of Arizona.


I didn't find "Raising Arizona" funny at all.

It was a senseless film that depicted people from Arizona as being rural hayseed types. Most Arizonans live in urban areas, and don't talk like hicks.

They got a starter home in "suburban Tempe" - which showed a few little trailers in the middle of a desert. In reality, Tempe is a suburb of Phoenix with a very active nightlife, and a diverse population of many ethnic cultures. It's not anything at all like it's portrayed in the movie.

According to H.I.'s narration, the Arizona quints were the biggest thing to hit the state since the Hoover Dam. Personally, I'd like to hit the director of this idiotic film with something big!

How this movie earned big bucks at the box office and beyond, I'll never understand the reasons.

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shocker-9 you only came to Arizona in late 90s. Back in early 80s probably when script for this movie was written Phoenix area was hick white thrash as hell. City of Phoenix invested 9 million dollars in 1989 to bring Formula 1 car racing to the city to promote the city to the world. Slogan was "from cow town to wow town". Race flopped because no one bothered to attend, they attended the ostrich race in Chandler instead. I grew up in Phoenix in 80s and town was white thrash big time.

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There isn't a state in the U.S. that Hollywood hasn't been portrayed in a less-than-stellar way at some time or another. It's comedy. No reason to take it personally. Lighten up.

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The people of Arizona

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Arizona has always been somewhat back-water compared to the other Southwest states. Their police are pretty despicable aside from one officer I know personally.

Listen, do you smell something? -Ray Stantz

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