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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: WESTERNS: Blazing Saddles (1974)
Description: CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of racism, .
Mel Brooks’ now-classic Western spoof is as controversial as it is well-regarded. Mel pulled absolutely no punches making this movie, and assembled a writer’s room that was willing to push the envelope. The only problem is that Mel is too focused on landing the joke and less attentive to the story. It’s funny, because that same year he’d release what may have been his masterpiece, a focused, fantastic parody of classic horror. It’s hard to know what to cut here, but he definitely needed to figure out what s...