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One of the A.F. franchise’s finest moments (along with Morticia strapped to a rack or something, and murmuring to the bad guy, “You’ve done this before…haven’t you?”).
But why is a summer camp doing a Pilgrims/Thanksgiving sketch?
P.S. Should be a 4th of July pageant.
Because, like Wednesday said earlier in the movie, Gary Granger’s writing is puerile and derivative. Given how long they’ve been at the camp, they likely would have already celebrated America’s Independence Day.
Gary introduces the play by saying that each year, Camp Chippewa celebrates “a seminal event in American history,” and Becky adds that “this year, we depict perhaps the most important day in our shared past, the first Thanksgiving.”
The real problem with that is that Gary’s script is beyond mere bad writing– it’s a demeaning hodgepodge, lumping all Native American people into one stereotyped mass of beaded buckskin and feathers.
So we have the Chippewa (Ojibwe) as guests of the Plymouth colonists instead of the Wampanoag, and they’re headed by Pocahontas– not only Powhatan but already dead and buried in England by this point– and her “betrothed in the play” Running Bear (a mythical “Indian brave” from a 1959 cringe-worthy pop hit).
And even worse, it’s been cast with the blond Preppies as the Pilgrims, and all the camp “misfits” as “savages” and turkeys. But it’s completely appropriate for one of those ridiculous camps with “Indian” names that teach “traditional crafts” with kits bought at Tandy Leather. (“20 grand for summer camp, and he’s Mr. Woo-Woo,” Joel’s mother kvetches.)
I for one give thanks to the FF team for all the work they do keeping filmmakers and costumers honest with their historical costuming. Keep up the great work!
I second that opinion, and I now mutter comments about hairpin shortages, side parts, bad French hoods, and men in boots to my family and friends.
LOL! I’m sure my dog is tired of hearing me yell things like “Is that a ZIPPER?” and the ever-classic “You’re a grown woman, put your hair up!” :)
Thank you all! We’re grateful that you keep reading – otherwise, we’d probably have stopped years ago :D
I’m British but The Ice Storm is a Thanksgiving tradition for me (I know that’s more of a 70s period piece, but I thought I should mention another great Christina Ricci film).