nice. Ethan is the protagonist with the most intense inner conflict in the westerns I've seen, but it's not a positive image. The positive image is the second protagonist Marty.
Ethan is for revenge, and Marty is for salvation. So in the end, Marty, who has Indian blood, got a happy ending, but Ethan did not.
As a traditional white man, after years of war and wandering, Ethan finally confirmed what he longed for-the family. Moss, who has been mad in the play, was actually part of Ethan’s incarnation. He wanted nothing more than: "The roof, the stove, "The Rocking Chair" brother and sister-in-law were killed and embarked on the road to save his niece. However, after five years of revenge, although Debbie was finally recovered and the idea of killing Debbie was given up, the bottom of my heart is still confused whether to accept Debbie or not. That's why it left behind the lonely and lonely hero typical of Western films. Debbie was the only relative of the blood-borne family, but he was almost assimilated into an Indian. This contradiction made Ethan not feel relieved after everything was over, instead he had greater doubts.
This doubt is worse than the director's doubt. How should the multi-ethnic America move forward?
Ironically, after learning that Debbie had been assimilated by the Indians, Ethan made a will, leaving all the property to Martin, who was one-eighth of Indian descent.
However, Martin changed hands and tore it away. Perhaps this implies the director's idea: America's future is pluralistic, but this pluralism is not generously given by white people.
As for the comedy part, to be honest, I think it was a compromise for the box office, and I would check some information to see if it was the case.
In many places in the film, it is implied that Ethan and the Indian tribe’s scars are exactly the same kind of people, for example, they said the same lines when they talked; the knife scar cuts the white people’s scalp, and finally Ethan also cuts the knife scar’s scalp; the two lost. After their loved ones, they all chose to kill for revenge. Here is an extension of the director's idea-"The real barbarians and backwards are those who are full of revenge and tyranny. Race is not important." This distinguishes it from most Western movies of that era. Of course, limited to the times, many of the depictions of Indians are one-sided, but the film’s thinking on ethnic issues is very dynamic.
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