Native American Actors Walk Off Adam Sandler Movie Set over ‘Racist’ Jokes

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I can't wait to never watch this. Native American Actors Walk Off Adam Sandler Movie


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About a dozen Native American actors as well as a “cultural advisor” walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s 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, that’s 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 wasn’t 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 Beaver’s breath. One character says ‘Hey, Beaver’s 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.”

Other actors told the website that they felt “uneasy” and “conflicted” about doing the film in the first place and when they expressed their concerns producers told them, “If you guys are so sensitive, you should leave.”

“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.”


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[BaalsTears]

There are no native american actors. They are as native american as is elizabeth warren.

 

[Ludlow]

Chief Dan George

 

[DaSleeper]

I thought they were making a comedy....not a documentary.......

 

[petros]

Chief Dan George

Canadian.

 

[Ludlow]

Canadian.

I liked him in the Outlaw Josie Wales.

 

[petros]

One of my favorite films.

 

[BaalsTears]

Chief Dan George

He was Italian. His real name was Giorgi Danniello.

I liked him in the Outlaw Josie Wales.

I think Last of the Mohicans was his best movie. Of course, that was after the plastic surgery.

 

[petros]

Nah.

Jesse's grandfather on the Beachcombers.

 

[BaalsTears]

Nah.

Jesse's grandfather on the Beachcombers.

Those guys look Sicilian.

 

[Ludlow]

Those guys look Sicilian.

Tsleiel Waututh tribe,,or something like that.

honestly the guy looks a little like my grand mother

Never was a big Adam Sandler fan.

 

[petros]

Coastal Irish.

 

[Ludlow]

nah he's eskimo no question about it

not to be confused with Eskimo Joe of Oklahoma

 

[pgs]

Coastal Irish.

Come on everyone knows George is an English name .

 

[Ludlow]

Another Native American actor I liked was Will Sampson. That's for all you smart azzs trying to be cute.

 

[gerryh]

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I can't wait to never watch this. Native American Actors Walk Off Adam Sandler Movie


http://www.mediaite.com/online/native-american-actors-walk-off-adam-sandler-movie-set-over-racist-jokes/ … via @mediaite




About a dozen Native American actors as well as a “cultural advisor” walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s 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, that’s 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 wasn’t 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 Beaver’s breath. One character says ‘Hey, Beaver’s 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.”

Other actors told the website that they felt “uneasy” and “conflicted” about doing the film in the first place and when they expressed their concerns producers told them, “If you guys are so sensitive, you should leave.”

“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.”


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Suck it up buttercup and get over yourself. :roll: It's a fu cking comedy.

 

[Ludlow]

charm school out already?

 

[captain morgan]

Suck it up buttercup and get over yourself. :roll: It's a fu cking comedy.

Writers can change the script in no time flat.... The indigenous element might get written-out all together and these actors can go back to waiting tables.

 

[Ludlow]

not wise to skip class and put your certificate of personality in jeopardy.

 

[petros]

these actors can go back to waiting tables.

Dealing cards and selling Chinese made tourqouise trinkets in the gift shop.

Any idea what the smoke signals slots jackpot is up to?