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Blazing Saddles (1974),
Director: Mel Brooks, rated R racial language, sexual
innuendo
Mel Brooks' comic saga of cowboys and imbeciles.
  Starring: Clevon
Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, David Huddleston, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn,
Mel Brooks, Alex Karras, Claude E. Starrett Jr., Carol Arthur
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★★
- perfect
"Where the white women at?"
- Sheriff Bart
Why watch this? ...
because this hilarious comedy could not be made today.
Plot Summary: In
order to drive away the townspeople of Rock Ridge and acquire
their land, a corrupt politician appoints a Black man, Bart, as
their new sheriff, expecting him to be run out of town. However,
the new sheriff, aided by a skilled but troubled gunslinger, The
Waco Kid, defies expectations and rallies the reluctant citizens
to defend their home. Together, they face down a variety of
absurd and dangerous obstacles, ultimately exposing the
villain's scheme.
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Dad's Preview:
How do you talk about racism in 1974 - make a comedy about it, of
course! Then you set it in the most racist chapter of American
history - the Old West. Thank you Mel Brooks. Oh, it's
funny, like off the charts funny. It also would never have
happened this way in real life. That absurdity makes the
whole thing even more humorous. The white townsfolk serve as the
film's "comic relief", turning the
typical Western trope on its head. Little
and Wilder are wisely allowed to steal the show. Madeline Kahn
is at her loveable, sleazy best. Warning - the "N" word is used
a lot. |
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Crossbow Productions;
Warner Bros. |
