![]() You suspect that screenwriter Paul Rudnick was settling some old scores with this scene – a few painful summer camp memories must be addressed as the unpopular kids raze the camp and send those WASPs screaming back to the safety of their big cars, proud smiles well and truly wiped off their faces. My people will have pain and degradation … And for all these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground." And that's precisely what Wednesday and her fellow Native Americans set about doing. We will sell our bracelets by the roadsides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. "Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. ![]() She abandons her lines and starts speaking truth to power: ![]() On comes Wednesday, leading a band of social outcasts – but soon her fake smile fades. The audience, full of smiling, WASP parents, look on adoringly as their perfectly turned out kids, all blond hair, straight teeth and good prospects, act the part of the pilgrims, generously deigning to invite the Native Americans to join their Thanksgiving feast.
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