Other Crap

"50 movies for 50 States"

With some states, the correct choice is obvious. Kansas = The Wizard of Oz. Idaho = Napoleon Dynamite. Oklahoma = Oklahoma. Indiana = Hoosiers.

In other cases, there are so many choices, it's impossible to choose one. (Texas, Florida, California, New York)

I'd quibble with a few.

• Bull Durham was about a baseball team headquartered in North Carolina, and most of it was really filmed there, but it really could be set anywhere without changing the story. On the other hand, Nell is practically a love poem to North Carolina.
• Fried Green Tomatoes for Alabama? BZZZZZZ. Wrong answer. Four words: To Kill a Mockingbird.

Oddly enough, the authors could not think of any film appropriate for Wisconsin or Rhode Island. Any ideas?

One reader offered this list of substitutions:

• Arkansas = Sling Blade
  
• California = E.T.
  
• Florida = Cocoon
  
• Michigan = Road to Wellville
  
• Minnesota = Fargo
  
• Missouri = either Road House or Meet Me in St. Louis
  
• Nebraska = About Schmidt
  
• New York = The Godfather
  
• North Dakota = Leprechaun
  
• Rhode Island = Me, Myself & Irene
  
• Texas = Dazed and Confused
  
• Virginia = Remember the Titans or Donnie Darko
  
• Wisconsin = Someday they’ll make a Happy Days movie