[ cheering ] robie: this place was a boomin . you couldn t get through this town down there. but it s dead now. about eight or ten coal mines shut down at one time. coach: let s go! it s the same halftime speech every single week. quentin: there is so much negativity surrounding this place that no one ever focuses on the positive. they see us as ignorant or hillbillies. daniel whitt: overdose capital of the east coast. quentin: but there s more here than just poverty and illiteracy and drugs. there s a lot of good people here. coach: when you walk on this field, you better have tunnel vision. don t look left, don t look right. you look at that scoreboard, and that should burn in your heart. do you understand me? we got some ground to make up. and once we make that ground up, we ll take off. let s go. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting cold
Anthony Bourdain digs deep into the proud, often misunderstood culture of West Virginia, as he traverses a 5,000-foot mine, observes the demolition derby-like.
coach larry: lord bless everybody that s going to the game, bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. anthony: it s friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. anthony: everybody knows everybody else s families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. there s an easy familiarity between people here. announcer: the 2017 mount view high school homecoming queen is [ cheers and applause ] coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. team: bang, bang. coach larry: get there! [ cheers and applause ] anthony: so very much west virginia tradition. coal mining and the military.
game, bless these young men and these young women as they cheer and as they play on the field. anthony: it s friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. anthony: everybody knows everybody else s families, asks after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. there s an easy familiarity between people here. announcer: the 2017 mount view high school homecoming queen is [ cheers and applause ] coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. team: bang, bang. coach larry: get there! [ cheers and applause ] anthony: so very much west virginia tradition. coal mining and the military. monica barner: yeah, for 10 and a half years, navy. we don been around about.
anthony: it s friday night. homecoming. the summers county bobcats versus the mount view golden knights. and for the citizens of welch, and mcdowell county, this is a very big deal indeed. [ laughter ] anthem singer: what so proudly we hailed. anthony: everybody knows everybody else s families, ask after their kids by name, mixed couples are common. there s an easy familiarity between people here. coach larry: bang, bang on three. one, two, three. team: bang, bang. coach larry: get there! anthony: so very much west virginia tradition. coal mining and the military. monica barner: yeah, for 10 and a half years, navy. we don been around about. anthony: you ve been around. and back here? monica: back here. anthony: monica barner is a