Talk:The Lone Ranger/@comment-3528058-20120716153920

I don't think it's fair to have Johnny Depp play Tonto, just because he has two drops of Native American blood in him. It's pretty much brownface, which is similar to blackface except the person pretending to be Native American (TVTropes article, in case you want more info: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Brownface). I bet there's thousands of talented Native American actors out there who could play Tonto. Johhny Depp is just playing Tonto because he is a well known actor and he isn't afraid to wear some makeup and a crazy costume.