Big white boy, little Native American
The Incredible Shrinking…
and Expanding Ethnic Minority
or The Racist in the Cupboard
Unwilling body alterations give these “instant kiddie classics” disturbing undertones
By Gary Morris, in Bright Lights Film Journal
While the exact details are sketchy, historians agree that Pocahontas was probably 10 or 12 years old, not the twentysomething sex bomb of the film.