Every episode of 'True Blood' is like shooting a low budget feature.
Well, I have a Norwegian father who emigrated to America in the 1950s, and he still speaks with varying degrees of an accent. Over my lifetime my ear has been well-tuned to that accent. Any first generation kid has that wonderful gift from their parents.
Louisiana has got a very specific warmth and humidity and richness of light.
Mother Nature is the great equalizer. You can't get away from it.
Fandom can keep something alive, and fandom can take it down.
Norway was occupied by the Germans in the Second World War, and I've met a lot of people who had to live through that occupation in varying degrees.