Very interesting to say the least. You can definitely tell its 50's hollywood. Especially when the ranger conveniently finds a spring coming out of the rocks, and when Tonto comes by just in the right time to save him. It is like reality doesn't exist.
What I find more interesting is Tonto. He is protrayed as an indian, but his speech is horrible. I don't doubt the fact that many native americans couldn't speak english well, but they all didn't speak it horribly in short choppy sentences did they? He is obviously supposed to be portrayed as the lesser of the two men. Why couldn't the lone ranger run into an intelligent Native American?
I also like how the Lone Ranger is so set on the bringing of justice down upon the outlaws. When compared to the story about Jesse James the people trying to catch the outlaws were more worried about the bounty and fame. But the Ranger doesn't even want his identity to be known.
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Great post! I wonder the same thing about the speech. It's so strange that it's totally unaccented, but grammatically so *wrong*. It does seem to point out a lack of intelligence--esp when Tonto takes all his marching orders from the LR. I have to say, if someone told me to go get my horse while an armed man in a well-defended position took shots at me, I think I'd put up much more of an argument!
ReplyDeleteFor real. He's totally submissive and thats def. the vibe you get from the epidsode. Its like among all the Indians he runs into its the one that saves his "life" then submits to doing his risky business for him.
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