by Otto
Adam Sandler is in trouble with the Native American
community. He is putting out a new movie The
Ridiculous Six. Several Native American Indians have walked off the set
of his new movie, claiming his jokes are based on racist stereotypes of
Indians.
But my real problem with Sandler is he just isn’t funny. I
used to use a lot of the same kind of jokes when I was 11, trying to be a
comedian. People made it clear to me that I wasn’t funny. Years later Sandler
uses a lot of the same material and now some people think it is funny. I for
one don’t. I never have like Sandler.
There are always the ultra-conservatives who go out of their
way to defend racist jokes, as Sandler’s. Consider “Liberal
Indian War On Adam Sandler Is A Political Hit Job,” By Patrick Howley, of The
Daily Caller:
The current Indian War against
Adam Sandler is a liberal rich-kid conspiracy to shut down populist conservative
voices.
This week, comedy filmmaker
Sandler was roasted in the liberal press for allegedly demeaning Indians and
women in his upcoming straight-to-Netflix Western “The Ridiculous Six.” About
twelve Indian actors, extras and crew members staged a walk-out on the set
because of some jokes in the movie. Here are the jokes that caused the actors
to blow their little bighorn, according to statements that two protesters gave
to Indian Country Today:
“We were supposed to be Apache,
but it was really stereotypical and we did not look Apache at all. We looked
more like Comanche”
Oh God, no. The Indians in the
Adam Sandler movie looked more like Comanches than Apaches? Shit, somebody call
Sacheen Littlefeather.
Of course I don’t pay any attention to such winers as
Howley. And as stupid as Sandler’s humor is, I would be very surprised if it
wasn’t all insulting to Native American Indians. My first question would be
“why would Native American Indians want to work for Sandler anyway?” But the
answer to that is obvious. Indian extras—out of work—need employment. I get it.
So they did the next best thing. When they realized it made fun of Indian
culture (such as a character named Sits-On-Face & Beaver’s Breath) they hit
the road. That is totally understandable and much more understandable to me
than why ANYONE would pay to see Adam Sadler.
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