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Despite having never seen the show, I'd kinda like to do a film remake of the Dukes of Hazzard set in the 1970s.

One of the Dukes would become romantically involved with a Black activist. He wouldn't disown the confederate flag in a hokey Hollywood manner -- "Hey, did you know that flag is bad?" "Aww, gee, I never thought about it. I'm a different person now that you've called it to my attention." (I hate such oversimplifications.) But gradually he'd come to accept, against his better judgement, that there is no logical or moral defense for it.

His decision to rebrand the General Lee meets with opposition from his brother who thinks he's lost his head over a woman. (Daisy is in sympathy with the newly anti-confederate brother.) In the end, the General Lee gets its roof torn in half during some climactic action sequence in which the pro-confederate brother rushes to save his siblings and his brother's girlfriend. The final shot would be of the two brothers together in the reconstructed vehicle, unnamed but presumably no longer known as the General Lee, driving down the road with a reconstructed roof and no confederate flag on top.

I hate when people remake things they're not interested in for the sake of being progressive. *cough*Ghostbusters*cough* But I think this one is necessary. The Dukes of Hazzard still exist whether or not reruns are shown. There are people in their 50s and older who remember the Dukes of Hazzard and still cling to their nostalgia for them and the General Lee. The anti-nostalgia take, "Hey, look, your heroes disowned the confederate flag," would do more to damage for them the image of the cherished symbol of the Old South than what would simply letting the Dukes fade into obscurity.