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Is Disney's New Tonto Offensive?
- FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version...
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'I'd Rather Be An Outlaw'
- Johnny Depp has hung up his pirate's hat and traded it in for face paint and a bird. He's playing Tonto in Disney's new take on "The Lone Ranger." Due out in July via su...
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'Lone Ranger' Surprises At Comic-Con
- SAN DIEGO — Johnny Depp made a splash at Comic-Con, and he wasn't even there. About 6,000 fans at the San Diego Convention Center Thursday got the first look at "T...
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Bad News For Johnny Depp
- "It's our intention to take a careful look at what films cost," Disney CEO Robert Iger said last August when budget issues with the studio's reboot of "The Lone Ranger" ...
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Jay Silverheels, Kemo Sabe
- Much has been written about Tonto's role in one of the most famous partnerships in not only the Western genre but also Hollywood history. Most revolves around resentment...
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Hollywood Indians
- Hollywood gets credit for a lot of things, both good and bad, and rightly so. It's undeniable that films influence the way the world views history and other cultures. I ...
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Finally, the truth about the Lone Ranger and Tonto
- While some advances have been made in how gays are portrayed and accepted on television, one doesn't have to think too far back to remember a time when gays were either ...
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Who was that masked man? The Lone Ranger, of course - sole survivor of a group of ambushed Texas Rangers, who was nursed back to health by Tonto, his trusty American Indian companion. The pair roam the Old West, defending the helpless against the forces of evil.