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About a dozen Native American actors as well as a cultural advisor walked off the set of Adam Sandlers straight-to-Netflix western parody The Ridiculous Six on Wednesday, according to a report from Indian Country Today. The film, which aims to spoof The Magnificent Seven, had been filming this week near Las Vegas, New Mexico (yes, thats a real place).
There were about a dozen of us who walked off the set, one of the actors, Loren Anthony said. I was asked a long time ago to do some work on this and I wasnt down for it. Then they told me it was going to be a comedy, but it would not be racist. So I agreed to it but on Monday things started getting weird on the set.
We were supposed to be Apache, but it was really stereotypical and we did not look Apache at all. We looked more like Comanche, he continued. One thing that really offended a lot of people was that there was a female character called Beavers breath. One character says Hey, Beavers Breath. And the Native woman says, How did you know my name? They just treated us as if we should just be on the side. When we did speak with the main director, he was trying to say the disrespect was not intentional and this was a comedy.
They were being disrespectful, 74-year old Choctaw David Hill, who also left the film said. They were bringing up those same old arguments that Dan Snyder uses in defending the Redskins. But let me tell you, our dignity is not for sale. It is a real shame because a lot of people probably stay because they need a job.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/native-american-actors-walk-off-adam-sandler-movie-set-over-racist-jokes/
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Bravo First Nation people!
You're not the only ones to find Adam Sandler one of the least funny people in the world.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)pay money to watch Adam Sandler do anything? He's Pauley Shore without the subtle wit.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)stopped developing when I was a sophomore in high school. Sandler has some very funny movies, and some flops as well. That said, I don't pay to see his movies in a theater, but if a Sandler movie looks funny I would rent it on demand for 4.99
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)go "Yeeewwwww!" in disgust.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Mel Brooks as a jewish Indian?
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)when Life of Brian came out and the fundies seriously had their knickers in a twist. The irony is that Jesus only appears in two scenes in the entire movie, at the beginning as a baby, and during the Sermon on the Mount. The running gag with that scene is the people at the back mishear Jesus' words and a fight breaks out over the interpretation of what he said.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)above Sandler as a satirist and parodist.
Sandler isn't even in the same league.
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)were the racist assholes, and the black guys were the heroes. If the movie got in trouble these days, I am guessing it would be more likely for Dom Deluise's role and gay stereotypes.