Tonto didn't wear war paint decades ago on radio, in comic books, in the movies or on television.
Tonto wore buckskins and a headband and called the masked man Kemosahbe.
He was the quiet backup to The Lone Ranger, not some bozo in white face wearing a stuffed bird on his head.
Johnny Depp is the politically correct version of the native American Tonto, not the subdued injun of yesteryear.
Depp, not Armie Hammer, is the star of the newest version of the western classic that has captured the imaginations of millions of Americans since the 1930s.
Who since then could resist the resounding music of the William Tell Overture as the hero shouted "hi-yo Silver away" and his stead obligingly kicked at the air.
All that has changed. Now followers of TLR will remember only the ersatz pale face of a manicured Edward Scissorhands. (30 JUNE 2013)
