Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends by Catherina Scholten Rising in the world, the “Redneck Mansion” is actually a set for the outdoor Theater het Amsterdam Bos. This Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends is actually a set at the Openluchttheater in Amsterdam where plays are performed in the summer months. This is from the production of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov. Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends a great set and yet another example, if any was needed, of the Creative and Unique of Dutch design in recent times. This image under the title Redneck Mansion is racing through the blogosphere faster than headlice through a kindergarten leaving a wake of vicious and patronising comments, as if rednecks had a monopoly on vulgarity.

Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends by Catherina Scholten

Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends After receiving thousands of inquiries as to the whereabouts and existence of this “mansion,” the mystery has been solved. But it strikes us as an imaginative, witty and good fun bit of adaptive reuse, not at all vulgar – and probably fairly expensive to build. So yah boo sucks to the commenters who seem a more vulgar bunch of rednecks than whoever built this.

Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends probably fairly expensive to build.

Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends it seems so obvious in retrospect. It was designed by Catherina Scholten for the 2005 production of Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov, his early play about a disillusioned young intellectual – surprise surprise – not unlike Chekhov himself – surprise surprise – who ultimately commits suicide – surprise surprise.

Redneck Mansion at Urban Trends was really racing was the use of the image as a pretext for vilifying the poor and the joke is now on everyone who was sneering when they saw it tagged as a “redneck mansion” (said with our most po faced look of disapproval, we are just sick of hearing about wealth as a measure of anything other than greed or good luck).