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What comedy movies aged like fine wine? (piefed.social)
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[–] 49 points 3 months ago (14 children)

Blazing Saddles, especially since, as they say, you couldn't make it today. 'Course, now that's less because you can't say the n-word and more because all the anti-racism would trigger the MAGA CHUDs.

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  • [–] 25 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

    Exactly! Always seems like the 'you could never make it today!' crowd is saying that the woke mob would get mad or some shit.

    Do they think that Blazing Saddles isn't woke? The whole fucking movie is making fun of dumb white racists!

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  • [–] 17 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

    I've seen TV censor the freaking FARTING 'ROUND THE CAMPFIRE scene, while keeping the slurs.

    But also: All Mel Brooks' stuff would fit the question, imo. Not just Blazing Saddles.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If I'm honest, I could do without the farting around the campfire scene.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It is slightly funnier seeing them lift a leg to belch.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    They eat beans and it gives them gas. It's not a constructed joke. It's like in Airplane 2: The Sequel where they take the Lunar Shuttle to 0.5 Worp speed and it does the trippy Star Trek visuals, and Elaine takes a drag from a joint and says "oh wow." Dya get it? She did drugs, now she's high. Didja get it?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I wish I could find it again, but years ago I saw a video about why you couldn't make Blazing Saddles today, aside from it already existing/permission/etc. It wasn't the racism or anything, or how people today are too sensitive.

    It couldn't be made today because Blazing Saddles basically destroyed the entire genre.

    Prior to its release, Westerns were everywhere. They were incredibly popular, with countless movies and TV shows released every year. Then this movie comes along, points out all of the overused tropes, and reveals the formula they've all been using. The genre of Westerns has never recovered. It would be lampooning obscure content with dated references that people don't understand.

    That's the real reason it couldn't be made today.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's not the actual main thesis of the video so I may be wrong but that sounds familiar to a portion of Lindsay Ellis's video on Mel Brooks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62cPPSyoQkE (unfortunately, I don't have the spoons to try and rewatch the whole thing to double check, for sure).

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