• TAYRN@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Blazing Saddles openly called out racism and made it the butt of almost all of its jokes. I think both it and Airplane could be made today, and would be received well. Why do you think differently?

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      9 months ago

      Idk maybe the sheer number of racial slurs said by white characters. I don’t think that would fly in today’s political landscape.

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        9 months ago

        You don’t think that openly mocking white people who use racial slurs would fly? How so?

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          9 months ago

          I just think it would be idiotically cancelled for even having that kind of behavior in it in the first place.

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            9 months ago

            Why do you think that would happen? Can you give me some examples of media making fun of racists and getting “canceled” as a result?

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          9 months ago

          He even did a western where the racism was front-and-center, and the constant stupidity of it all was just hilarious. That doctor’s reaction as they ride into town tells you exactly what kind of movie you’re in for.

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            9 months ago

            Truthfully, I don’t watch many movies or keep up with Hollywood. I feel like the art of filmmaking died with the invention of CGI. Deadpool kept me in stitches tho. I finally watched it last month. I know white people got all upset about a black Ariel but gave no notice that it was otherwise a bad screenshot of the cartoon. What other bullshit are folks getting all boycotty over?