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Does It Hold Up? - 1974 "Blazing Saddles"
Join our deep dive into "Blazing Saddles"...and how Mel Brooks got us to laugh at offensive stuff and be ok with it.
A brief nod to the ground-breaking film "The Producers" sets the stage for laughing at racism as a ridiculous ideal (the full article is here: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/605297774/mel-brooks-says-its-his-job-to-make-terrible-things-entertaining)
If we get bored enough in later seasons, Boo could do an entire episode on Madeline Kahn BECAUSE SHE'S GORGEOUS AND BRILLIANT, OK?!?
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By AP BooJoin our deep dive into "Blazing Saddles"...and how Mel Brooks got us to laugh at offensive stuff and be ok with it.
A brief nod to the ground-breaking film "The Producers" sets the stage for laughing at racism as a ridiculous ideal (the full article is here: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/26/605297774/mel-brooks-says-its-his-job-to-make-terrible-things-entertaining)
If we get bored enough in later seasons, Boo could do an entire episode on Madeline Kahn BECAUSE SHE'S GORGEOUS AND BRILLIANT, OK?!?