People from Overland Park, Kansas are not like that
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Bozohead — 9 years ago(September 28, 2016 12:47 AM)
Season 3 has a kinder tone to Colton's family and Overland Park.
I don't recall the show claiming that all people from Kansas are that conservative or religious. But you cannot deny that people from Kansas vote conservative or that there isn't a higher proportion of protestant christians in Kansas.
From the point of the Pfefferman's Colton's family would seem like a bunch of religious hicks in season 2 but as I said in season 3 you see more of Colton's family and it is a much gentler tone. -
mamafoxof3 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 10:57 AM)
As someone who grew up in OP, moved away and lived in Los Angeles before moving back to Johnson County, I agree that the show does portray Colton and his family in a bit of a stereotypical light, but aren't most stereotypes based on some sort of truth? From personal experience, I know for a fact that there are many families around here like them. Maybe picking OP was a mistake, and they could have picked several other communities within a 10-15 mile radius that would have been more on point, but the general public in the rest of the country wouldn't have had a clue where places like Gardner or Spring Hill are. Overland Park has been the setting of other shows (United States of Tara), and several popular actors grew up and went to school there (Paul Rudd, Jason Sudekis (Go Vikings)).