Hicksploitation

So we remember the Joe Don Baker of the late 70s and early '80s, a time during which Joe Don owned — not rented, not leased, but owned — the part of bad-ass lawman in every hicksploitation flick that rambled down the dirt road.

Deliverance led to some examples of hicksploitation; […]

There are also signature touches from other TLC "hicksploitation" shows such as Here Comes Honey Boo: One character with a thick Southern accent has her words displayed in subtitles, as if she's speaking a foreign language; bluegrass music plays to remind viewers exactly where the place is located; and situations couldn't be more contrived if you saw producers going over scripts with the "cast members" onscreen.