1 hour ago, Hedgehog2022 said:
LOL...BTW...the actor that played the Native American with a tear running down his face when he sees someone throwing trash out of their car window was actually Jewish...not a Native actor.
The crying Native American was Iron Eyes Cody, an Italian American from Louisiana who claimed Cherokee heritage and played many Native American roles over his lifetime. Though throughout his lifetime he claimed that his father was Cherokee & his mother was Cree. When he died in 1999, his sister said the family's origin was Italian, hailed from Sicily, & that Cody was not Native American at all. Incidentally, in the ad, it wasn't "someone throwing trash out a car window." Cody was paddling down a river in a canoe & seeing the trash polluting the river. That part, I didn't have to research. I remember the ad well & it was widely discussed. It made an impact. Though admittedly wrong on many occasions, I at least try not to be "uninformed & under-researched."
I think your context for 1970 is too narrow but we can agree to disagree. To me, by 1970, the old guard like John Wayne were already facing a change in guard. (Wayne's last movie was in 1976 - The Shootist.) The movies I listed from the late 60's, reflected changes that would start to divide the Academy in 1970. The actors & directors, Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Roman Polanski, Faye Dunaway, Sidney Poitier, Gene Hackman, Marlon Brando, to name a few (& how time flies - all old-timers now) were already starring in movies by 1970 & soon to replace the John Wayne-types & themselves become movie establishment. One of the biggest movies released in 1970 was Little Big Man about a 121-year old man looking back on his life after being raised by Native Americans & witnessing General Custer's last stand.
By the way, Bill is 67 - I doubt he was wearing footie pajamas in 1970 at age 14. Though he says he doesn't watch now, I'll bet he was glued to the set watching then. In those days, the broadcast was a big deal.
Edited March 16, 2023 by realitypleasencG1vNJzZmien6fCrr%2BNqamipZWptq6x0WeaqKVfqbyxtcJoaGxvZWyDbr%2BRapxpb12pr6V7