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‘Duck Dynasty: The Revival’ Will Bore You to Tears: TV Review
The 'Duck Dynasty' clan comes back for a painfully boring show that lacks personality and verve.
But what set the Robertson family apart among their peers was their un-celebrity; from the ostentatiously ungroomed beards on the men to the very nature of how they made their living, the “Duck Dynasty” clan seemed to call back to a “Waltons”-esque American rural paradise, governed by deep love, respect and faith. The incident — given the current say-everything state of American culture, now somewhat quaint — rested on the assumption that one could watch a show entirely imbued with the sensibility of its star and walk away entirely blind to his perspective on contemporary social issues. Following their chicken leader, they put no meaningful effort into opening up or sharing anything about themselves that might make an uninitiated viewer understand why, exactly, they dominated American culture so thoroughly for a stretch of years.
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