Review – Dances with Wolves

As if trying to single-handedly make up for decades of anti-Indian racism in westerns, Kevin Costner serves up a version in which the Sioux are the do-no-wrong heroes and the cavalry are the unequivocal forces of evil. That might be somewhat closer to the truth, but it’s not much more entertaining than the traditional version. Indeed, such a simple-minded, heavy-handed presentation makes the pro-environment, anti-discrimination message ring false. Oh, and the damn thing drags on for nearly four hours’ worth of bad acting and animal death. What a pain in the butt. See if desperate