Editorial Note
Stereotyping in Hollywood movies has been rampant & perpetuated with impunity since the silent movie era that commenced in the mid-1890s until the late 1920s.
The glittering Academy Awards night of 1973 created a sensation by the conspicuous absence of the best actor winner, Marlon Brando, for The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Touted as one of the best actors in the history of motion pictures and a foremost exponent of the Stanislavsky system of Method Acting, Brando sent his emissary, the unknown actor and activist Sacheen Littlefeather of the Apache tribe, to deliver the speech. Amidst resounding booes and few cheers, Sacheen, never losing composure and poise, stated that Marlon Brando chose not to accept the Oscar Award due to the misrepresentation of Native Americans in Hollywood movies and his condemnation of such malicious stereotyping.