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Jun 11, 2020 · Source: warner bros. Due to the fact that Gone with the Wind has temporarily been pulled from HBO Max due to its depiction of a rosy, slave-owning antebellum South, a new, strange rallying cry has started up on Twitter saying to ban Blazing Saddles next. While it's widely believed that Gone with the Wind has very racists portrayals of slave ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Goldberg specifically cited social media debate about Blazing Saddles' treatment of racism when hitting back at those who think the movie — about a politician who hires a Black sheriff to ...
- Joey Nolfi
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Feb 7, 2024 · Instead, “Blazing Saddles” presents everyday good White townspeople, as racist — and as irredeemable fools because they are racist. In one of the film’s most famous scenes, the White folk ...
Dec 7, 2022 · Whoopi Goldberg is defending Blazing Saddles from criticism that it’s a racist movie.. The backlash over the film was brought to the “Hot Topics” table following Mindy Kaling saying that The ...
- Armando Tinoco
Dec 8, 2022 · Many consider Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles one of the greatest satirical comedies of all time. Though the movie was a box office hit upon release, a lot has changed since 1974, and many have ...
Feb 8, 2024 · But there’s another aspect of “Blazing Saddles” that’s timely today: It was made as an anti-racist statement. As Brooks writes in “All About Me!,” his 2021 autobiography, “In ‘Blazing Saddles,’ there’s a very serious backstory. Racial prejudice is the engine that really drives the film and helps to make it work.”
Feb 6, 2024 · — The phrase “that movie could never be made today” has probably been said more about “Blazing Saddles” than any other movie in history. ... It was made as an anti-racist statement. As ...
