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Queequeg the Indian?

Encore’s lavish new ‘Moby Dick’:  There whale be blood

By Hank StueverAnd:Comment:  One slight problem with this: Queequeg wasn't an Indian. As Wikipedia notes:I don't know if the TV show or writer Stuever made the error. I'm guessing it was Stuever. He saw a savage cannibal and assumed it was an Indian.

On the other hand, the character Tashtego is really an Indian. He's played by Billy Merasty, a Canadian Native, in this movie. Nice of Encore to use two Native actors rather than none.

For more on the subject, see Raoul Trujillo as Queequeg. Posted by Rob at 10:42 AM Labels: casting, Moby Dick, Raoul Trujillo, TV


