A weird and unlikely combination

Hugh Grant was on The Daily Show last night. Apparently, his newest movie was shot (partly?) in New Mexico!

On one hand, it's refreshing to hear New Mexico, well, acknowledged as existing, even if it is only for our weird "please come make a movie here, you get tax breaks!" thing. On the other hand, Mr. Grant's impression of the state seemed to boil down to "More film people than Wyoming, really good [but incredibly fattening] food, and people are crazy about guns there."

Which...well, that's true. There are, I'm sure, far more A) film technicians and B) movie-related tax breaks in New Mexico than Wyoming. New Mexican food is, indeed, wonderful (albeit completely unhealthy). And...well, Santa Fe is it's own weird little enclave of weird, but this state is still very much the American Southwest, and if there's one thing rural Americans love, it's carrying guns around with them for no particular reason.