• LordCrom@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Blazing Saddles? For the time,it was genius…is the blatant racism still funny… I would say yes because Mel brooks forces you to evaluate it and then laugh or don’t laugh.

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      3 hours ago

      The black sheriff isn’t the butt of the jokes, the dumb fuck racists are. However, there are some gay jokes toward the end, but they aren’t too mean.

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        2 hours ago

        One of the most legitimate uses of the n-word in media is to make racist idiots look even worse. And the people of the land scene is pure gold.

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          54 minutes ago

          If I remember correctly, the “you know, morons” line was ad-libbed and Cleavon’s laugh was genuine.