Nov 22 2019
Joe Bob Briggs: How Rednecks Saved Hollywood

Joe Bob Briggs: How Rednecks Saved Hollywood

Presented by Columbus Theatre at Columbus Theatre

About the event:

Spend a fast-and-furious two hours with America’s drive-in movie critic as he uses over 200 clips and stills to review the history of rednecks in America as told through the classics of both grindhouse and mainstream movies. You will learn:

* The identity of the first redneck in history.

* The precise date the first redneck arrived in America.

* The most sacred redneck cinematic moments.

* How Thunder Road, the Whiskey Rebellion, the tight cutoffs worn by Claudia Jennings in Gator Bait, illegal Coors beer, and the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash combined to inspire the greatest movie in the history of the world.

* Why the redneck is the scariest monster in all of film history, with visual evidence.

* The existential difference between Forrest Gump and Sling Blade.

* The reason God loves rednecks.

…and dozens of other historical facts that you didn’t realize you needed until Joe Bob deposited them in the rear lobe of your brain.

All ages.

Admission Info

Tickets are $25.

Tickets can be purchased at the event link, at the door (if still available) or during our box office hours at the theater on Fridays from 4PM-7PM.

Tickets are also available 24/7 at the Dean Hotel’s front desk in downtown Providence.

Tickets purchased at the Columbus or Dean Hotel box offices are not charged any service fees.

Phone: (401) 621-9660

Email: info@columbustheatre.com

Dates & Times

2019/11/22 - 2019/11/22

Additional time info:

Doors open at 7PM. The show begins at 8PM.

Location Info

Columbus Theatre

270 Broadway, Providence, RI 02903