Short review!

Blazing Saddles, the Mel Brooks classic that parodies and satirizes race relations and westerns, was on tv tonight and there is a lot to like in it.

And there’s also some real problematic stuff too. I’m not talking about the n-word or how it was used. Richard Prior had a hand in the writing of this film and he knew what he was wanting to address with its use, this isn’t a Quentin Tarantino film after all. I’m talking about tackling race issues but using white men to play Native Americans and some real homophobic jokes, especially towards the end of the film when it breaks the fourth wall inside the world of the film. At any rate, that aside, this is a funny flick. Cleavon Little as Sheriff Bart, Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn are all firing on all cylinders and I laughed several times.

Worth seeing but be aware of the problems.

-all photos via IMDb.com.