Which is a shame, because in Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks basically makes fun of every identity group known to exist in America. And the guy that comes out as the most intelligent person in the whole dang movie is Cleavon Little, fer cryin' out loud!
I still crack up every time I think of the word schnitzengruben.
I glad to have lived when it was okay to laugh... at everybody, including myself.
I am glad my grandsons got exposed to this one and Young Frankenstein when they were young. I am sure they did not get many of the joke or characterizations and that is one of the things with the old school humor....you need to have a decent education and basic understanding of people, humanity and history to appreciate them. I doubt anything by Monte Python or many other movies could be made today, if nothing else because of the new casting requirements. But oh all those pop\rap songs that are destined to be classics due the the wholesome and uplifting lyrics.
That's years old.
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A classic only Rock or Chappelle could get away with. If Mel Brooks tried to do Blazing Saddles today, it wouldn’t get made.
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If Blazing Saddles were edited to today's PC standards, it would be about 8 minutes long.
DeleteWhich is a shame, because in Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks basically makes fun of every identity group known to exist in America. And the guy that comes out as the most intelligent person in the whole dang movie is Cleavon Little, fer cryin' out loud!
DeleteI still crack up every time I think of the word schnitzengruben.
I glad to have lived when it was okay to laugh... at everybody, including myself.
I am glad my grandsons got exposed to this one and Young Frankenstein when they were young. I am sure they did not get many of the joke or characterizations and that is one of the things with the old school humor....you need to have a decent education and basic understanding of people, humanity and history to appreciate them.
DeleteI doubt anything by Monte Python or many other movies could be made today, if nothing else because of the new casting requirements.
But oh all those pop\rap songs that are destined to be classics due the the wholesome and uplifting lyrics.
Good advice regardless of what color you are
ReplyDeleteAncient wisdom from the deeps of time.
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