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While there is truth to this, there are a whole bunch of people who would want to make Blazing Saddles not to be Mel Brooks, but to be Andrew Dice Clay. Anyone

While there is truth to this, there are a whole bunch of people who would want to make Blazing Saddles not to be Mel Brooks, but to be Andrew Dice Clay. Anyone who insists too loudly that 'they can't make Blazing Saddles' is probably looking to have the surface level of those jokes, without noticing the real target of 'em. I mean, we had Borat. Like hell you can't have Blazing Saddles, etc. The reason a 'woke mob' kicks up a fuss is because we're mainstreaming 'Blazing Saddles' but NOT as a joke. And that changes things quite a lot. Doesn't stop with Borat. Have you ever heard of 'Boondocks'? Check out the animated series of that.

panick21_ 5y ago
> Anyone who insists too loudly that 'they can't make Blazing Saddles' is probably looking to have the surface level of those jokes, without noticing the real target of 'em. And that assumption is the problem. 'You do not want censorship? That means you are a racist'.
m0zg 5y ago
Try to film a "Borat" style comedy that goes over the leftist tropes, rather than right-wing/rust belt ones, and you will quickly discover that there exist certain types of comedy that aren't conducive to one's success in Hollywood, even if the result is funny AF to everyone but Twitter intelligentsia.
- Applejinx 5y ago
  "A Mighty Wind". Follow-up to 'This Is Spinal Tap', but instead of heavy metal it's lefty folk singers.