|This attack on [[capitalist]]s and the [[military]] portrays the former as ruthless, greedy railroad executives and the latter as "thugs" who support their actions. It distorts the messages of its source material by displaying the [[Lone Ranger]], shown to be a smart intellectual character in the original TV and radio serials, as dumbfounded and unintelligent, instead featuring his sidekick [[Tonto]] (played by [[liberal]] [[marijuana|pot]]-smoker [[Johnny Depp]]) not only as the "star" of the film but as the Lone Ranger's "voice of reason", too. | |This attack on [[capitalist]]s and the [[military]] portrays the former as ruthless, greedy railroad executives and the latter as "thugs" who support their actions. It distorts the messages of its source material by displaying the [[Lone Ranger]], shown to be a smart intellectual character in the original TV and radio serials, as dumbfounded and unintelligent, instead featuring his sidekick [[Tonto]] (played by [[liberal]] [[marijuana|pot]]-smoker [[Johnny Depp]]) not only as the "star" of the film but as the Lone Ranger's "voice of reason", too. |