#mel brooks movies

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On June 5, 1976, Young Frankenstein debuted in Mexico.

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Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles" (released 50 years ago today in 1974)

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Blazing Saddles (1974) // Dir. Mel Brooks

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I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.

it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"

plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.

anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.

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Mel Brooks as Moses - History of the World, Part I (1981)

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he’s like a mutual to me

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Spaceballs (1987) dir. Mel Brooks

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[davidhudson]

Happy 98th, Mel Brooks.

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On January 8, 1988 Spaceballs debuted in Hong Kong.

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Put him in Young Frankenstein, please! "Eddie (Abby) Normal" 😂

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Spaceballs (1987) // Dir. Mel Brooks

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Teri Garr, Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman on the set of Young Frankenstein (1974)

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