BLAZING SADDLES is UNHINGED! First Time FULL MOVIE Reaction,, LMAO....

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  @BlackPegasusRaps · 9 months ago · pinned

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• WI

  @wizard70 · 9 months ago

  As kids (GenX), we weren’t “less sensitive”; we were raised to understand intent. We knew the difference between cruelty and comedy that exposes cruelty. Blazing Saddles didn’t normalize racism—it stripped it naked and set it on fire.<br>That’s why it worked for everyone. It wasn’t about offense—it was about shared laughter at stupidity, and the understanding that hate looks small when you shine a bright enough light on it.

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• JA

  @jamesdurham9182 · 9 months ago

  What makes Blazing Saddles so great is how it shows how utterly stupid racism is. You may recognize Harvey Korman from The Carol Burnette Show.

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  @donadams9496 · 9 months ago

  This era needs to understand that Mel was absolutely trying to ridicule racism. &nbsp;That&apos;s why every racist is portrayed as an idiot.

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  @MsJimmysgirl · 9 months ago

  The thing that I love about Blazing Saddles is how they showed how absurd racism is by making fun of it.

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• TC

  @tcspur1 · 9 months ago

  It&apos;s worth remembering that it was Richard Prior who insisted on having those words in the film.

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• JO

  @John-q2s4k · 9 months ago (edited)

  Mel Brooks asked Richard Prior if he should use &quot;the &apos;n&apos; word&quot;. Richard sayid something like &quot;As loud and often as you can.&quot; &nbsp;Also a multitude of years later on an interview, Mel Brooks was asked &quot;Could you make Blazing Saddles today? His reply was &quot;I couldn&apos;t make it back then.&quot;

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• WI

  @wizard70 · 9 months ago

  Mel Brooks wasn’t asking permission—he was daring everyone to confront prejudice by making it impossible to take seriously.

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  @donjackson5522 · 9 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-eoD6jgOrU&amp;t=630">10:30</a> The statue he&apos;s humping is the blind justice statue. He&apos;s not humping a lady. He&apos;s abusing justice. So many little nuances that people miss. Like the cows in the background. Hollywood casting for extras is known as a cattle call, hence the cows in the background instead of people.

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• BR

  @bradsouthers7476 · 8 months ago

  The word you were looking for is &quot;anachronism&quot; - something that belongs to a different time than in which it is portrayed. &nbsp;Gucci started in 1921. Count Basie&apos;s orchestra formed in 1935. &nbsp;Hedy Lamarr was an actress from 1930 to 1958. Laurel and Hardy wew a comedy duo from 1927 to 1955. &nbsp;Candygram was invented in 1959, and no they didn&apos;t give Black Bart credit for it. &nbsp;The movie is full of anachronisms and innuendos.

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• RE

  @rexnerf · 8 months ago

  Mel has said that the best way to defeat evil is to laugh at it.

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• GK

  @gkiferonhs · 9 months ago

  With any Mel Brooks movie, there are so many background gags, quick word plays, visual puns, and cultural references that they need to be watched several times. &nbsp;If you wonder, &quot;Did they intend that?&quot; &nbsp;The answer is, yes.

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