Why did the sheriff go after him so bad?
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(June 17, 2022 06:05 PM)
Rambo ain't black.
This doesn't make any sense why they would treat a white man this way.
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Anti SJW — 3 years ago(June 21, 2022 09:53 PM)
Because of the jacket he was wearing and his general appearance. Sheriff Teasle thought that Rambo was a hippie and a drifter and thought he would attract more drifters to the town so he wanted him out. Also Teasle is a Korean War veteran and Korean and WWII vets never liked the Nam veterans because they got all the media coverage and fought in a war on a smaller scale.
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Sunday Sundae — 3 years ago(March 03, 2023 03:07 AM)
Also Teasle is a Korean War veteran and Korean and WWII vets never liked the Nam veterans because they got all the media coverage and fought in a war on a smaller scale.
That's in the novel. I don't believe that it's specified that Teasle is a Korean war veteran in the movie.
In the movie, Teasle dislikes Rambo because as you said, he thinks Rambo looks like a hippie and anti-war protestor since Rambo has on a military jacket but long, shaggy hair.
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] — 1 year ago(December 11, 2024 09:13 PM)And? The poster you replied to is correct. In the DVD's director's commentary, Teasle is a jerk to Rambo due to him having served in the Korean War, which has been forgotten and harbours prejudice and jealousy towards Rambo due to the Vietnam War being a hot topic at the time this film was set and the fact he was highly decorated more than Teasle himself (Rambo was awarded the Medal of Honor, while Teasle was awarded a Silver Star, Purple Heart and ADSC, which Teasle is implied to consider them inferior to the more well-regarded Medal of Honor).
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Woodyanders — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 04:52 PM)
Because the sheriff was a belligerent prick with zero tolerance for what he perceived to be hippie drifters who he didn't want in his town.
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 07:16 PM)
Maybe if Rambo had been black he would have been arrested right away instead?
Sheriff: You are under arrest for WWBIMT.
Rambo: WWBIMT?
Sheriff: Walking While Black In My Town.
Kinda half joking….
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soapbox original gangster — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 05:00 PM)
sheriff was a traditionalist so rambo with his long hair and hippie looks went against the sheriff's beliefs.
second, rambo was an outsider, a drifter. sheriff equated this with trouble.
third, sheriff might have been a draft dodger(korea? vietnam?) so rambo's service made the sheriff look weak and impotent in his own mind.
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 07:16 PM)
When the daily Greyhound pulls up to the depot the driver makes the announcement…
"OK folks, we are stopping here for a half hour to drop off and pick up passengers. Those of you that would like to stretch your legs or get something to eat or drink may do so. Except those of you that look like hippies, drifters and hippie drifters that are 'Nam vets. For your safety from our prejudice redneck nutjob sheriff I would advise you to stay on the bus."
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Jaja — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 08:19 PM)
Aside from his appearance you could also speculate that he also didn't look "pure wheit".
Since Italians are only one notch above Latinos on the racial totem pole.- Speaking as a "Mexican"
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WarrenPeace — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 09:27 PM)
If only he had been Aryan looking, you know, the perfekkkt race, with a KKK hood and swastika armband, welcome to our town stranger!
Here is some gas for the cross burning and a rope you know what to do with!
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Jim Shortz — 3 years ago(June 28, 2022 09:31 PM)
Since Italians are only one notch above Latinos on the racial totem pole
You're thinking of Sicilians, many of whom are the product of Arabs invading and pillaging their lands. Italians are classed as white, both by themselves and the rest of Europe.
Rambo was meant to be of German/Native American extraction, per Murdock in Rambo II (Stallone is of Italian & Ukrainian heritage).
Rambo was harassed because he looked like a vagrant and Teasle was afraid he'd attract more vagrants to his nice quiet town. Rambo challenged his authority and walked back into town - the ultimate insult to Teasle, hence why it snowballs from there.
Rambo looked as white as Teasle and his deputies, so I don't think the problem was about not looking white enough.