Great piece, as usual. The Lillte Big Horn battle site is a must-see if in Montana. My wife and I went about 10 years ago, and treated to an unbelievable tour, by a native lady. Giving the battle history from the native view-point was amazing.
Great piece, Alex, as usual!! Curly and the Battle of the Little Bighorn kind of exemplifies the arrogance of the white man vs Natives. Custer, a living legend after the Civil War, beat by a band of “savages” in part because their intelligence was underestimated (par for the course for a long, long time). Curly exudes Native dignity and pride. If he spun a yarn a bit, so be it. How many times were the Natives exploited from the time the white man showed up in North America?
I suspect Yankee Jim found his way into the comic relief characters of a few westerns
In my head, as he’s cussing the trains he’s wearing nothing but one of those old style onesies with the arse flap
I wish I could remember the film where the old guy refused to sell his land so they built the railroad through his house
Great piece, as usual. The Lillte Big Horn battle site is a must-see if in Montana. My wife and I went about 10 years ago, and treated to an unbelievable tour, by a native lady. Giving the battle history from the native view-point was amazing.
Great piece, Alex, as usual!! Curly and the Battle of the Little Bighorn kind of exemplifies the arrogance of the white man vs Natives. Custer, a living legend after the Civil War, beat by a band of “savages” in part because their intelligence was underestimated (par for the course for a long, long time). Curly exudes Native dignity and pride. If he spun a yarn a bit, so be it. How many times were the Natives exploited from the time the white man showed up in North America?
Curly miming everything just gives me images of Lionel Blair dressed as a Native American on Give us a Clue.