Cinema: Bad Medicine

JOURNEY THROUGH ROSEBUD

Directed by TOM CRIES Screenplay by ALBERT RUBEN

Having done the American Indian plenty of dirt over the years, using him either as stock villain or fall guy, Hollywood is trying to set matters right. If Journey Through Rosebud is any indication the Indians were better off being portrayed as blood-crazed savages. At least that left them some dignity.

Rosebud is a condescending attempt to portray the social problems of the contemporary Indian. Danny (Kristoffer Tabori), a draft dodger from San Francisco in flight from the Feds, winds up in Rosebud, S....

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