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   Jun 24, 2023 · Blazing Saddles uses satire and comedy to shed light on topics like racism, bureaucracy, and political correctness. The movie broke new ground for its irreverent humor. Blazing Saddles challenged conventional comedy boundaries, pushing the envelope with its risqué and subversive jokes.

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3. www.independent.co.uk › arts-entertainment › filmsBlazing Saddles at 50: How Mel Brooks created the wackiest ...

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   Feb 6, 2024 · The director’s groundbreaking satire of bigotry had a wild journey to the screen, with drugs in the writers’ room and attempts to prohibit almost all of its controversial scenes. Martin Chilton...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Blazing_SaddlesBlazing Saddles - Wikipedia

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   Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist [4] [5] Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. [6] The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.

5. www.npr.org › sections › codeswitch'Blazing Saddles,' The Best Interracial Buddy Comedy, Turns 40

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   Feb 7, 2014 · Mel Brooks' Western spoof set the gold standard for the interracial buddy comedy. Four decades later, the movie is just as funny — and offensive — as ever.

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6. www.npr.org › 2024/02/29 › 1234699365'Blazing Saddles,' Mel Brooks' satirical Western, turns 50 - NPR

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   Feb 29, 2024 · 'Blazing Saddles,' The Best Interracial Buddy Comedy To satirize 1970s racial prejudice using 1870s characters, Brooks opted to become an equal-opportunity shredder of genres and conventions. A...

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7. www.moviemaker.com › blazing-saddles-behind-theBlazing Saddles at 50: 12 Behind the Scenes Stories of a ...

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   Jun 17, 2024 · A 1974 Western satire about a Black sheriff named Black Bart (Cleavon Little) appointed to save a town with the help of the drunken gunslinger the Waco Kid (Gene Wilder), the film ridicules Western tropes and racial bigotry — while firing off jokes and pushing the limits of what was acceptable to 1970s movie fans.

8. www.pastemagazine.com › movies › mel-brooksBlazing Saddles : The Movie You Couldn’t Make Today, at 50

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   Feb 8, 2024 · Blazing Saddles is a spoof of that transforming genre—Brooks’ stock in trade. But it’s also a pointed satire of the time that genre’s bone-deep racism, which it gives both barrels.