By Jancy Richardson
Check out the trailer for The Darkness (if you can handle tension)!
Comment: I think we have a winner for the millionth movie to feature evil Indian spirits that come back to life. With an image of what looks like a Hopi snake dancer, something completely different that has nothing to do with evil spirits.
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"They curse you"
More images suggest how the movie stereotypes Native culture and history as dark and accursed. A computer screen:
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A girl with Native-style handprints:
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And the Indians' evil spelled out:
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I'm not sure anyone knows more about The Darkness than what's in the trailer. So we can't tell how stereotypical the movie is. But I'll stick with my rule of thumb: the stereotyping is always worse than what you see or hear initially.
For more on the subject, see The Best Indian Movies.
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