LogFAQs > #942094837

adjl posted...

It's marginally more offensive than Spaceballs, which is to say, not really that bad, A lot of its humour, though, relies on tongue-in-cheek racist jokes that actually poke fun at racism more than promote it, but that kind of subtlety might be lost on modern mainstream audiences.

Pretty much. Blazing Saddles is one of my all time favorite movies, but say that out loud and I guarantee you someone will label you a racist. Even though, they've never actually seen the movie or the subtley goes right over their heads.

Mel Brooks was a little Jewish kid who grew up to realize he could take the piss out of all the bigotry he saw in the world by making fun of it. Bonus points in the fact that it was done so well the actual bigots miss it...and end up lokking even dumber.

But yes, you couldn't do a movie like that today. Society is too thin skinned and, to quote Sherrif Bart, "They are *so* dumb."


---

I miss the days when you could bring a game home and play, no updates to wait for. Now, get off my lawn.