Why pretend to be doing something different. He's just doing it again.
Posted on 04/23/2015 3:35:00 PM PDT by drewh
A group of Native American actors quit an Adam Sandler movie because they feel it's insulting and racist ... but Netflix says the outraged actors are missing the whole point of the film.
The movie is called "The Ridiculous Six" and is being produced for Netflix. It's described as a spoof on "The Magnificent Seven" ... starring Sandler, Nick Nolte, Steve Buscemi, Dan Aykroyd, Jon Lovitz and Vanilla Ice.
But the spoofing went too far Wednesday, in the eyes of a dozen actors and actresses who walked off the set. Some of the offending jokes included female characters named Beaver’s Breath and No Bra -- and a scene where an Apache woman urinates outdoors while smoking a peace pipe.
Netflix is defending the Sandler flick, saying it's all a joke. A Netflix rep tells TMZ, "The movie has ridiculous in the title for a reason: because it is ridiculous." The rep says it's intended to be a satire of Westerns and the stereotypes popularized in the genre.
The rep adds ... the diverse cast "is not only part of -- but in on -- the joke."
This wasn't the first day of filming. In fact, Loren Anthony -- one of the pissed actors had previously tweeted how much he was enjoying the project. But after today's walk out he said, "Today work was no bueno, my native women were disrespected and i walked off set."
(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...
Just hire actors and paint them up like they did in the old days of movies. They never hired a native, just tarted them up to look like them. Those old Tarzan movies are a good example.
Now that the Washington Redskins controversy is off the front page, it's back to the alternating news cycle:
Monday: gay gay gay gay gay gay gay
Tuesday: black black black black black black black
Wednesday: gay gay gay gay gay gay gay
Thursday: black black black black black black black
... repeat ad nauseum ...
Could be that it just the "native" Americans feeling left out ... not getting their fair share of "victim face time".
His movies are unwatchable. He does have some chemistry when paired with the Barrymore girl but I never stay through til the end.
Indians ALWAYS urinated outdoors, and sh!t there, as well. We did, too. And still do, if the need arises and there is no alternative.
I have a large backyard, and when I’m working back there and the bladder starts to swell and I’m out of time...well, hell: that’s what bushes are for.
I’m 64, and guys my age know that when nature calls, at our age time is not a luxury.
It sounds as if Sandler took the script to Blazing Saddles and had a team of ten-year-olds rewrite it.
Those wise loving stewards of the earth? People should take AMTRAK from Seattle to Chicago. It passes through miles of reservations. You should see the trashed houses and cars and just junk tossed out along the roads and track area. Stewards my aunt Maud.
If the goal is to make the Natives restless, they should hire mexicans to play them.
The face of gubmint welfare is ugly.
That trip was an eye opener.
I agree, with the single exception of The Waterboy. I loved the scene with the grilled baby gators.
At first sight of an Indian camp, what you think is, “I see their dump. Where’s their camp?”
-Jack Crabb (Little Big Man, Thomas Berger)
Then we'll have to hire Asians to play Mexicans.
Then, to prove our HR's not racist, well have to get some black actors to play the Asians... in fact, they should be good old Cajun Louisiana boys.
When he was starting out he could be OK with his moron bit.
At some point he started writing ego-trip roles for himself and trying to get laughs from filth and stupid stereotype characters around him.
Hey, it’s Rob Snyder, what kind of crazy mixed race character will he be this time?
—Sheesh—
I miss the Heckawi and their shady deals.
Wonder if they will replace the Native American actors with Indians?
Why pretend to be doing something different. He's just doing it again.
....well. Trying to do it again.
What did they expect from an Adam Sandler movie? He is not known for high brow acting. Personally, I can’t stand Adam Sandler.
Look at the bright side. I think it’s safe to assume we finally found the people who wanted the Washington Redskins to change their name
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