I mean, to be fair, I imagine there's a similar disjoint between an experimental Hungarian novelist and a working-class village in eastern Germany - but maybe my own distance from both makes it easier to suspend disbelief.
More than anything, I think this is a reminder not to rely on professors from Berkley to explain Kentucky. Like, I could also believe that a professor from Bringham Young could do good research on inner-city Baltimore, but I’d be very alert to the limits of their interpretation!
I mean, to be fair, I imagine there's a similar disjoint between an experimental Hungarian novelist and a working-class village in eastern Germany - but maybe my own distance from both makes it easier to suspend disbelief.
More than anything, I think this is a reminder not to rely on professors from Berkley to explain Kentucky. Like, I could also believe that a professor from Bringham Young could do good research on inner-city Baltimore, but I’d be very alert to the limits of their interpretation!