Posted on 04/23/2015 9:39:31 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Offended by satire, incorrect costuming, and inappropriate feather placement, a group of about a dozen American Indian actors walked off the set of an Adam Sandler comedy Wednesday, according to a report in Indian Country. Apparently, the actors were shocked to learn that Indians would not be inoculated from satire in the “Ridiculous Six” Western spoof, and that a comedy film wasn’t terribly interested in historical accuracy.
Things came to a head when one of the producers told one of the actors, “If you guys are so sensitive, you should leave.” [emphasis added]
Approximately a dozen Native actors and actresses, as well as the Native cultural advisor, left the set of Adam Sandler’s newest film production, The Ridiculous Six, on Wednesday. The actors, who were primarily from the Navajo nation, left the set after the satirical western’s script repeatedly insulted native women and elders and grossly misrepresented Apache culture.
The examples of disrespect included Native women’s names such as Beaver’s Breath and No Bra, an actress portraying an Apache woman squatting and urinating while smoking a peace pipe, and feathers inappropriately positioned on a teepee.
“When I began doing this film, I had an uneasy feeling inside of me and I felt so conflicted,” she said. “I talked to a former instructor at Dartmouth and he told me to take this as finally experiencing stereotyping first hand. We talked to the producers about our concerns. They just told us, ‘If you guys are so sensitive, you should leave.‘ I was just standing there and got emotional and teary-eyed. I didn’t want to cry but the feeling just came over me.”
The key phrase is “the examples of disrespect.”
Huh?
Wut?
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The drive-ins in Farmington NM? Been there many a time! The one on the west side was replaced with a Walmart store, and I don’t think the one on the East side is even there anymore.
Oh cone on, The Water Boy is hilarious.
“The scene in Blazing Saddles where Mel Brooks’ Indian character chants in Yiddish is hilarious..!”
You beat me to it....I remember seeing Blazing Saddles at
the movie theater in town...My friend and I who both had
grandparents that taught us Yidish, we howling with laughter
at the scene. The rest of the audience just looked at us.
I also loved the movie poster that showed the headdress of the chief (Mel himself) that said “Kosher for Passover” in Hebrew
How has that gov’t socialism worked out for the Indians.... Unless they own a casino they are dirt poor and totally dependent on the gov’t. Those that own a casino find the chief gets the money.
Doesn’t sound funny to me and not because it insults Native Americans. Elementary school level bathroom humor has never at the top of my comedy list.
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