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> On 7/6/2014 12:00 PM, notbob wrote:
> > On 2014-07-06, jmcquown > wrote:
> >
> >> Dueling Banjos is a fine piece of music if you like that sort of thing.
> >> Here's a clip from the movie (hope you can see it):
> >>
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8
> >>
> >> The boy playing the banjo was born with Downs Syndrome. The impression
> >> given in the movie is everyone who lives in the backwoods are inbred.
> >
> > Nowhere is DS mentioned. Besides, DS is genetic, while inbreeding is
> > not.
>
> They didn't mention it in the credits, no. But haven't you ever run
> into a person born with DS? I certainly have.

Many, but the actor playing the boy does not have Downes Syndrome and
his features are not typical of that. His neck and fingers are longer.

Janet UK