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Sacheen Littlefeather describes John Wayne Oscars incident

posted 2 years ago by TMC-4 (20121)
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https://variety.com/2022/film/news/sacheen-littlefeather-john-wayne-assault-oscars-1235345008/#:~:text=%E2%80%9C%5BJohn%20Wayne%5D%20did%20not,giving%20me%20the%20tomahawk%20chop.

“[John Wayne] did not like what I was saying up at the podium,” Littlefeather said. “So, he came forth in a rage to physically assault and take me off the stage. And he had to be restrained by six security men in order for that not to happen.” “It was interesting because some people were giving me the tomahawk chop.

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/sacheen-littlefeather-john-wayne-threats-oscars/

https://www.newsweek.com/john-wayne-trends-sacheen-littlefeather-oscars-apology-1733994

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/15/sacheen-littlefeather-gets-apology-for-abuse-by-john-wayne-others-at-1973-oscars

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) 2 years ago

Publicity seeking witch

[–] joegerardi (383) 2 years ago

Easy to say anything about someone dead that cannot defend himself.

"SIX security men?" Who was he? Thor?

..Joe

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

i call bs on this. wayne was actually a very polite and differential off screen from the books i have read about him. he would not behave this way toward a woman.

[–] stepaperry81 (46) 2 years ago

Yes and by this wasn’t already pretty ill by this he would die a couple of years after that?

[–] Lige (332) a year ago

1979 is when he died. 6 years.

[–] WilloughbyStain (194) 2 years ago

The claim has been investigated by film historian Farren Smith Nehme, who doesn't seem to be particularly biased in favour of Wayne, and she has concluded it to be extremely unlikely.
https://selfstyledsiren.substack.com/p/john-wayne-and-the-six-security-men

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) a year ago

It was BS. The story originated in 1984, five years after Wayne had passed away.

[–] Lige (332) a year ago

Wayne died in 1979

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) a year ago

You're right. Thank you. I corrected it.

[–] [deleted] a year ago

i never believed it and it was never reported by anyone else.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

This is the future. The past will be entirely rewritten and anyone beholden to the truth will be powerless to stop it.

[–] marktayloruk (2502) 2 years ago

Brando.should have had the guts to turn up himself

[–] chilidoggg (14265) 2 years ago

Next mermaid will be Indian. Problem solved.

This is too easy.

[–] randir14 (253) 2 years ago

You're telling me a half white woman in an indian costume isn't an honest person?

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) a year ago

My understanding is that she wasn't Native Amercian at all. She was an actress hired to play a role and she later "identified" as Native American by adopting the lifestyle.

[–] PaladinNJ (21509) a year ago

She tried to cash in on the role. Didn't work.

[–] TMC-4 (20121) a year ago

Will Smith's Oscar Slap Wasn't the Academy's Most Upsetting Incident

https://www.cbr.com/will-smith-oscar-2022-slap-bad-john-wayne-1973-attack/

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars was pretty horrible, but the Academy's most horrific show of toxic masculinity came in 1973.

[–] blue1981 (7736) a year ago

That website's articles have always been clickbait trash.