A Native American Indian Thanksgiving

This political sketch (in the form of a Saturday Night Live Sketch) gives reasons some Indians might not want to celebrate Thanksgiving... or Columbus Day for that matter. Oh yeah, and a special appearance by a little guy named "Elvis".

Written, Directed, Edited and Scored by
Michael Roche

Cast includes:
Sean Camoni, Fran Chismar, Jesse Delaney, Joe Nevin, Michael Roche

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Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• dinglemeyer
• elvis
• thanksgiving
• columbus
• day
• parody
• short
• film
• sketch

[feiticeiral]

Instead of making this video you should check your background.... If you know where you came from...

[scamon01]

@feiticeiral Not really sure what this means, or why we can't do both. Speaking for myself (Sean), I am descended from Irish & Italian immigrants, with a mixed background including French, Polish, English and other ancestors, and also my great grandmother was Cherokee. That last was one reason why I wanted to do this video.

[mwildmustang19]

This is disrespectful and Stupid

[scamon01]

You're entitled to your opinion, but it wasn't intended to be disrespectful. It's satire, and it's intended to speak against the white American/ Eurocentric hegemony that subjugated the people native to this land and relegated a noble tradition to second-class status in a country that's supposed to prioritize liberty and inclusion.

Oh, and yeah, most of our stuff is stupid, in some form or another.

[mwildmustang19]

I understood what the intention was, but in the process of doing so, you just invoked the images that continue to pervade the mainstream imagination, and misappropried an interpretation of native dress styles, etc. The thing about the noble mission that you took on is that unless watchers understand it in that way, it doesn't necessarily help.

Anyway, I wasn't attacking you @scamon01

[scamon01]

@mwildmustang19 Much of satire, when used in a political context, will not be understood by those who don't already agree with the satirist. The ones you're making fun of often don't get the joke. But some will, and maybe you change their minds. That's what we were trying to do - and if you don't think we pulled it off, that's a valid opinion. We'll keep working at it.

[HerrSpieldose]

gotta love Genocide...

[WADAMAN808]

totally disrespectful

[creegal]

As Mr T would say...Get these fools away from me! You aint no real Indians! Real Indians don't look and act like crazy fools!

[keishaWL]

haha awesome..I don't celebrate Thanksgiving..The only thanks I get is getting a day off work..did you guys do this as a school related project? Or on your own free will..if own free will..I honestly don't think I ever met anyone who is not of indian blood who thought out each side..Thank You