On April 9, 1865, the United States ended more than four years of civil war. It was a civil war in American history, and it was also the second bourgeois revolution in American history. He cleared the stumbling block in the development of capitalism – slavery. Since then, American capitalism has taken off and has become a world power at the fastest speed. It was a special gift from the Civil War to the United States.
In the post-war United States, after the contradiction of racial discrimination was alleviated, the basic contradictions in the country gradually faded. At this time, those battle-hardened warriors are going to return to the deserted West and start their own American dream. During this period, there are still some difficulties and obstacles. Of course, these difficulties and obstacles will not overwhelm those Americans who have a persistent idea of their dreams. Because the threat at this time is much smaller than in war. And these threats are still there and cannot be ignored. Exactly what kind of threat, the answer is only one, the Indians.
In the United States, the Indian does not mean that he is the object of respect of the Americans, but is often labeled as ignorant, superstitious, cult, inaccessible, and so on. As we all know, the United States belongs to a multi-ethnic country, and because the number of indigenous people is much smaller than that of immigrants, the population composition of the United States is largely derived from European and African immigrants. So, in a general sense, the United States has an inclusive nature, but this is only in the general sense, for the Native Americans. All the Americans were waiting for them were butcher knives and killings.
The film recommended to you today tells a story of a thousand miles of pursuit of murder, but the core of the story is constantly ugly Indians, in order to enhance the legitimacy of "Americans" as an aggressor. The Searcher is also known as Sunset Sands. It is mainly about a veteran who has experienced the Civil War and returned to his hometown in the west. After returning home, the veteran has always had a crush on his sister-in-law but has not been able to express it. One day, the family suffered a catastrophe. After the Indians lured them away, the eldest brother's family was brutally killed, and several daughters were taken away together.
Veterans who know all this are determined to pursue the murderer for thousands of miles. Years passed, and most people gave up, but he was still chasing after him. In the end, with his perseverance, he successfully rescued his niece who was abducted.
On the surface, this is indeed a standard Western, and can even be called a milestone for Westerns. But in fact, there is a certain stereotype in this film. Traditional Westerns, must create an image of a rogue, the hero will be useful, and this film is the same, when the image of the rogue has not been established, the Indians can only be a fool. Thus, in this film, the Indians are portrayed as cruel, polygamous, and incestuous, and often harassing the American people.
One of the most commonly used lines in the film, "Believe that the future of this country will be good," is seriously instructive. It can even be said that this film is to a certain extent to smear indians. Why is it that in the impression, the impression of indians is generally not good? The reason is that in many Westerns or many adventure series, the image of the Indian has always been contradictory. They have been arbitrarily portrayed as various negative characters, and have not been able to justify themselves.
The public opinion propaganda in the United States is always in the hands of the mainstream media in Hollywood, and the social media that can give voice to the Indians is almost extinct, and when a group loses its right to speak in this society, it basically loses its due social status. Just like the attitude of Americans to Indians now. On the surface, it seems to protect them, but in fact, it is only slowly waiting for them to genocide. Then you can have the identity of the indigenous people more reasonably and legally.
Thanksgiving is a traditional holiday in the United States, and it is a grand carnival. It originates from Columbus's discovery of the American continent, and the meaning of the festival is that after Columbus brought advanced industry to the Indians on the American continent, the natives, in gratitude for Columbus's goodwill, offered the harvest of grain and grain and rejoiced with the whites. At first glance, this does not sound full of harmonious atmosphere. But is that really the case? It doesn't seem to be.
Beginning in the sixteenth century, the massacres of Indians by colonists on the American continent were devastating, with more than 13 million Indians killed by Spanish colonists on the American continent alone. Later, in the process of the Westward Expansion of the United States, more than 1 million Indians fell under the guns of the various Western "cowboys" that everyone admired, and even slaughtered the Indians at that time. Do not hesitate to make various reward decrees. The level of brutality is unimaginable, and it is difficult to describe the fact that people can search for information.
This situation did not change until the independence of the United States, and it was not until the nineteenth century that Roosevelt took office and promulgated the Indian Reorganization Act. Later, the Indians were allowed to become a special group and received various protections, but although the Indians at this time did not face the doom of extinction, they also suffered from the storm and lost almost all their status in American society.
What is even more ironic is that in these Westerns, the Indians are still these stubborn, brutal and vicious images. This is an irony for an American society that flaunts its own democratic freedoms. Therefore, this film is controversial.
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