It would be nice for once

[silverthorne]

If a horror flick using Native American folklore would:

1) Let the native actors get lead roles instead of support.

2) Let the native population actually be more than just a source of explaining to the white people "OH HELL SHIT TELL ME WTF is THAT?!"

3) Not have the white lead be some long lost, half-breed member of the tribe that 'walked away from it all' because of some sort of culture fueled drama that happened in his youth (seriously, what's wrong with loving your own damn culture all your life? Huh?)

4) Not let the three obviously white actors overshadow the twenty five or so native actors as the 'ultimate' heroes in the story (right up to, and including the 'white man Returning Prodigal Son beating the crap out of the native stubborn, blind and unaccepting tribe member that's trying to stop him from Saving the World Because He Doesn't Know Any Better).

Seriously...I saw the cast roster, and was getting excited, which is why I turned it on.

Now I'm just alternating between laughing at the sheer cheesiness of the movie...and gnashing my teeth at the default 'white folks do all the right things, even against someone else's cultural monsters' setting horror flicks often have. :/

ETA: Actually, it would be nice if these things were applied to any number of horror flicks using monsters from other cultures, and then using characters with those cultural backgrounds as little more than 'tell me shit' points.

Comments

[paksenarrion2.livejournal.com]

Oh god, you must be talking about the Bone Collector. I had that on in the background while I was talking to my sister and even though I had it on mute, I rolled my eyes at the action.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Ayep.

Trust me; mute is better. I'm not sure what to make of the whole King Tut one...but then, I'm mostly journaling right now, so I'm missing major chunks of it.

But yeah, The Bone Collector is just...yeah.

[paksenarrion2.livejournal.com]

I turned over to ION at 6. They run M*A*S*H from 6-11 on Sunday night.

I don't know if Casper Van Dien could redeem the King Tut movie...

I do enjoy Skiffy's weekend movie themes though. There are some incredibly cheesy films and my favorites are the mutant animal ones.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Mutant Animals are a win/win scenario, usually.