From the moment car wash owner Harry Slate (George Wallace) rolls into the opening frames of “Clean Slate,” slowly gliding his classic convertible down the sunny treelined streets of his close-knit Alabama community, the audience knows they can relax.
This is a place where everyone knows everyone else and might find stuck-in-their-ways folks like Harry to be charming or crotchety. Regardless, they accept their neighbors as they are, as long as that acceptance is reciprocated.
