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What always strikes me about these older movies are the power punches pack. With one single blow Wyatt knocked Doc over and unconscious - Hollywood's fist fights were always so clean and dramatic. ~Juliann | What always strikes me about these older movies are the power punches pack. With one single blow Wyatt knocked Doc over and unconscious - Hollywood's fist fights were always so clean and dramatic. ~Juliann | ||
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| + | Dear G-d John Ford! "What are you doing selling liquor to an Indian anyway?!"- Fonda... well I guess I should be happy the line didn't read "Ingun" or "Redskin." This kind of treatment is characteristic of all westerns throughout the big western movie era. Henry Fonda's daughter, Jane Fonda, did a western spoof film in the late 60s called "Cat Balloo" | ||
| + | where they make fun of the classic films blatant racism and stereotyping of Native Americans. I think Blazing Saddles did this too in the late 60s or early 70s. At least some filmmakers, by the time of the civil rights movement were aware of this negative portrayal, but the only ones to point it out were comedies, which were not exactly correcting the stereotype. This film is praised as being one of John Ford's most moralistic and sensitive films by its fans and look what kind of an example it is giving!--Jackie Reed | ||
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