Re: TAN: Cultural presuppositions
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 3, 1999, 20:00 |
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Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:
> (For myself, I happen to 'know' that the Lone Ranger is the hero (of
> European descent, presumably) of some sort of popular Western story
> (TV show? comics? juvenile novels?) in the US, and that Tonto is his
> American Indian sidekick.
Right. The Lone Ranger was a white cowboy who fought for justice, the
American Way, and all that good stuff. I've seen it as a movie, but I'm
pretty sure that there was a television series about him. Tonto was
basically a stereotypical Indian.
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