"Blazing Saddles" on This Day in History

 
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This day in history: Mel Brooks' classic movie "Blazing Saddles" opened in movie theaters on this day in 1974. Blazing Saddles is one of the movies from the past that could not be made today, thanks to its "very particular kind of vulgarity and offensiveness. It is incredibly, hedonistically, politically incorrect vulgarity and offensiveness. Plenty of modern films have included some amount of political incorrectness, but Blazing Saddles leaves them all in the dust in it’s glorious disregard for PC culture." Source

Mel Brooks opined about today's woke culture: "we have become stupidly politically correct, which is the death of comedy. It's okay not to hurt feelings of various tribes and groups. However, it's not good for comedy. Comedy has to walk a thin line, take risks. Comedy is the lecherous little elf whispering into the king's ear, always telling the truth about human behavior."

Ironically, despite efforts to cancel Blazing Saddles, it is also one the most anti-white movies ever made.

Other movies that could not be made today are: 

"Not Without My Daughter" (would be considered Islamophobic)...the same thing True Lies.

Animal House (See https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Animal-House-Couldnt-be-Made-Today/-53125741398281390.html)

Gone With The Wind and Song of the South and The Birth of a Nation (Gone With The Wind was inexplicably banned in the Soviet Union)

Tropic Thunder (or any movie with white characters in Black Face...like Soul Man and Trading Places)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Indians would be too offended)

The Godfather ("The Italian-American Civil Rights League (which was supposedly run by the Mafia) mounted protests throughout New York City claiming the film was an insult against the Italian-American community.") Source

Pretty Woman and Sixteen Candles (Source)

Big (starring Tom Hanks). Source

The Jerk (1979) “I was born a poor black child” 

Woody Allen's Manhattan (or any other movie featuring under-age sex, such as Lolita)

Also, add Airplane! (1980), Caddyshack (1980), Porky’s (1981), Stripes (1981), 48 Hrs. (1982), Partners (1982), Tootsie (1982), The Toy (1982), Mr. Mom (1983), Gremlins (1984), Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Sixteen Candles (1984), Teen Wolf (1985) etc. Source