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Author Topic: Johnny Depp is Tonto Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-03-2010 12:24 PM                        According to IME, Johnny Depp will play Tonto in a Disney re-boot of The Lone Ranger to be directed by Gore Verbinski, director of the Pirates of the Carribean films. I think this could be big.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-03-2010 09:05 PM                     Isn't Johnny Depp getting to be a little old and hefty to play a character like Tonto?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan M. Crist Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 531 From: Hershey, PA, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-03-2010 11:39 PM                     Tonto in Spanish means fool or stupid. And according to Lone Ranger lore, in respone for being called stupid, Tonto nick named the masked man Kemo Sabe - which is supposedly a bastardization of the Spanish "qui no sabe" and literally translated means "he who knows nothing" or "clueless". And so ends our trivia lesson for the day.  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-04-2010 03:05 PM                     The way I hear "stupid" pronounced in Spanish here it seems to have another syllable on it. "Ton-Tito." One of my Hispanic co-workers called his mom inquiring how it was spelled. "Why do you want to spell THAT word?" "I'm making a Valentine card." If she knew, she didn't tell him how to spell it.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-04-2010 04:55 PM                     quote: James Westbrook The way I hear "stupid" pronounced in Spanish here it seems to have another syllable on it. "Ton-Tito." As a noun referring to a person it is "tonto" and as an adjective it is "estúpido."  |  IP: Logged James Westbrook Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1133 From: Lubbock, Texas, Usa Registered: Mar 2006 posted 12-05-2010 01:45 AM                     I bet I'm probably hearing the latter word, then. I also recall Bill Cosby commenting about The Lone Ranger and Tonto, where Tonto would be sent to town and Tonto gets beaten up. A lot. The punch line was "Tonto, go to town." "Kemo Sabe, Go to HELL." Why would anyone want to make this movie? Seriously?  |  IP: Logged Martin McCaffery Film God Posts: 2481 From: Montgomery, AL Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-05-2010 12:26 PM                        "To perform an unnatural act" --- Lenny Bruce  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 12-05-2010 04:08 PM                     quote: Jonathan M. Crist And according to Lone Ranger lore, in respone for being called stupid, Tonto nick named the masked man Kemo Sabe - which is supposedly a bastardization of the Spanish "qui no sabe" and literally translated means "he who knows nothing" or "clueless". FYI: The guy who first directed the show came up with the name. It came from a "Kamp Kee-Mo Sah-Bee" that his father-in-law started. Apparently the name is thought to come from a Ojibwe/Chippewa term (giimoozaabi) that can mean either "he who peaks" or "one who sneak." And since the camp was located in Michigan, the Chippewa source seems likely.  |  IP: Logged

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