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Originally Posted by iheartthed
I think indigenous people are villains in American films more often than not. I was watching some procedural crime show on TV Friday that used the same formula. The FBI was trying to figure out some crime ring that was being run by an indigenous Alaskan group.
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I don't think it's as prevalent as it used to be, especially when compared to a lot of the western movies made in the mid 20th century.
This is probably because I live where a handful of westerns were shot (Coconino County, AZ), but one of my favorite scenes in any move is from
National Lampoon's Vacation where Chevy Chase is wandering around Monument Valley while two indigenous peoples watch him and say something to the effect of "What an asshole!"
I know someone earlier was sort of complaining about the amount of films shots in Los Angeles and New York, but when I lived in Southern California, one of my hobbies was to drive around and check out filming locations, even if they were supposed to be set in different cities. Film crews came to Orange, CA where I lived several times to film scenes that were supposed to be set back east, and I always loved showing out-of-towners, driving past it on the 60, that the mall scenes from
Back to the Future were filmed at Puente Hills Mall.
Can we expand this discussion to talk about TV shows that also got you interested in cities? Because I've got opinions...