Spaghetti Western

In the spaghetti westerns of these two films, the external perspective of the United States is explored. These westerns as a whole tend to over play the violence factor that is seen in the traditional western. Navajo Joe is a very different from the previous films. The theme of this film focuses on an "alpha" Indian who is fighting to get his land back. Joe is then hired to protect the people and save the day from the outlaws of the town. In the other films, the white people sought someone to protect them from the Indians, and we see a total reversal in this film. Joe takes on the role of the protector traditionally held by the alpha-male cowboy. Indians in the film were no longer portrayed as harmful, but the solution and is placed as more of an equal in this film.

In The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, another one of the spaghetti westerns, “The Good” is played by Clint Eastwood, and the bad is represented by the non-whites in the film. There are some aspects of racism between Tuco and Blondie during this film, due to the hostility of the incident in the desert. This characterization of them provides the European sentiment of the United States of the time.