I recently bought the first two seasons of The Real McCoys, and while this series can have some heart at times, it really did its best here.
I really sort of fell in love with the Indian they have in this episode, a forgotten former chief, because I think I have always loved the way Indians are at least portrayed with their speech in Hollywood, often talking of time passing in terms of "how many moons", etc. It's nice to see such color coming out of their culture.
I did know a full-blooded Apache in the fifth grade, but unfortunately his language was just as dull as mine, so he never spoke of how many moons would pass. His father and mother ran a cafe drive-in just outside of that small town, and he was so proud to be an Indian. He definitely was a cool guy.
There's more to this episode than beautiful Indian language (his language is almost entirely english, but he speaks in that special way) and the entire plot hangs on one authentic true Indian word, which I will leave for viewers to see (it's on youtube and worth your while). The episode is called The Rainmaker s2e21. IMO, with maybe a dozen episodes to go with what I have bought of the series, this was the best episode to date for the series.
I really sort of fell in love with the Indian they have in this episode, a forgotten former chief, because I think I have always loved the way Indians are at least portrayed with their speech in Hollywood, often talking of time passing in terms of "how many moons", etc. It's nice to see such color coming out of their culture.
I did know a full-blooded Apache in the fifth grade, but unfortunately his language was just as dull as mine, so he never spoke of how many moons would pass. His father and mother ran a cafe drive-in just outside of that small town, and he was so proud to be an Indian. He definitely was a cool guy.
There's more to this episode than beautiful Indian language (his language is almost entirely english, but he speaks in that special way) and the entire plot hangs on one authentic true Indian word, which I will leave for viewers to see (it's on youtube and worth your while). The episode is called The Rainmaker s2e21. IMO, with maybe a dozen episodes to go with what I have bought of the series, this was the best episode to date for the series.