The Ridiculous 6 (2015)
Die-hard Adam Sandler fans might find something about the film, The Ridiculous 6, that they like or appreciate. But if you are not a Sandler groupie and you don’t have his name tattooed on your arm (over your mom’s name), there’s not too much in this movie that you’ll enjoy. Presented like a Western spoof, The Ridiculous 6 used racial stereotypes to drive its humor that created cultural controversy with America’s native sons.
In April 2015 The New York Daily News reported four actors of the Navajo Nation walked offset due to the exploitation of their culture. Netflix responded to the controversy insisting that the movie was merely a joke. A joke intended to be a satire of the Western genre and the stereotypes they stimulated. Also suggesting the intention was for the film to live up to its namesake. In May 2015 the New York Daily News reported that a Navajo actor named Ricky Lee told the publication Sandler did approach him and several other actors to address the controversy. Lee continued to say he sympathized with the departed actors, but this was “the wrong battlefield.”