JE 1B: The Lone Ranger

In seeing The Lone Ranger episode I can't help but think that this was the epitome of what kids loved playing growing up, a good round of cowboys and Indians. With that hope that you weren't the Indians because you would have to be the one tied up like bait. I felt like the underlying message with the whole show was to show an aim of attempting to have good ties and relationships with Native Tribes. Although not sure how that plays out when we see the Natives being portrayed with having little to no knowledge on how to speak properly and the defenselessness they're portrayed as being.


Tonto the sidekick definitely played a interesting role in the whole in the show. The loyal, the gentle, the respectful Native sidekick that serves the Lone Ranger. Seeing the extent to which he was going to keep quiet really amazed me, the level of loyalty to take whippings really delivered a message of paying a price for whiteness/colonialism.



I can also see from the research how shining the lone ranger in good light came to be since the Texas rangers became known worldwide “heroes” from what I read. After declaring independence, Texas sought out security and safety from these valiant heroes that would protect the civilians from Indian rampage and Mexican guerrilla tactics. For some odd reason, I can't help but feel the same way towards the rangers as I do with border patrol, not sure why though.