Friday, January 29, 2010

The Lone Ranger

First thoughts about it was that.... OMG a black and white show.... This is going to be boring. But as I watched, I put all of the stereotypical acting and lack of wow factor to the side.

The Lone Ranger is a ranger from Texas in the West. He gallops about undoing wrongs of the country with the aid of Tonto. He is his Indian sidekick, who was also devoted to fighting crime. he seems to be the Lone Rangers unequal partner and the stereotypical Indian as mentioned by Alexie. The Lone Ranger always said "Hi-yo, Silver, away!" to his horse. After awhile it kinda gets annoying!

After seeing this episode, I understand why as a child growing up Alexie was confused by the misrepresentation of Indians. It's hard to find yourself when all you see is the wrong impressions of who you are supposed to be by societies definition. I definitely know this from experience, being a black girl and not fitting into the stereotypes are the average ghetto girl as society portrays us to be. It was hard to find myself and be who I wanted to be and not what was expected of me to be.

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