re: Could we see a return of westerns?

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we can’t pretend white people were playing Native Americans

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Indians

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because Hollywood wouldn’t cast them

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How many Indian actors were even in Hollywood at the time? Jay Silverheels. Who else? The Teardrop Litter guy was actually an Italian from down the bayou. There weren't enough Indian actors to meet the demand.

And would they have been as good as the Jewish & Italian character actors who generally played Indian roles? Almost certainly not.

Such casting didn't always work. I recall a Daniel Boone episode where Lloyd Bochner (the "Its a cookbook!" guy from TZ) played an Indian, & he was pretty ridiculous. But that was due to miscasting, not race.

Why is whites playing Indians unacceptable when Hollywood is pushing crap like a black Anne Boleyn?