Blazing Saddles movie plot
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Ethyl 2022-03-25 09:01:06
Brooks' vulgar comedies always have a bit of a gag-heavy feel to them, but most of the laughter in "Scorching Saddles" really hits the mark, presumably thanks to the fact that the whole framing is as real as it is insane and nonsensical. Survival and political issues are linked. His foul language and "politically incorrect" vulgar jokes rained down on everyone, but when it comes to core racist issues, it doesn't matter how many gay and bimbo jokes there are. All the stupid people in the movie are racists, which fully shows how stupid racism itself is. Only in the final paragraph does Brooks' love of chaos drown out the restraint that comedy needs in its rhythm. Pushing the plot to the meta level of display and fiction, history and cinematography is the wrong move, it entertains the serious issues that are meant to be in it, and it does too much to break the fourth wall. Attention.
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Ewald 2022-03-25 09:01:06
1. "It's not Hedy. It's Hedley. Hedley Lamarr." Mel Brooks:"This is 1874. You'll be able to sue her."I owe it??2."I must have killed more men than Cecil B. DeMille." 3. "What if we worked so hard to kill all the Indians in the West? They appointed a sheriff who was darker than the Indians!" 4. You do it for Randolph Scott! Rann~~↑dolph Scott↓ 5. "I pledge allegiance to Heidi Lamarr!" Another Busby Berkeley-esque musical scene... 6. Lamarr looked at the footprints on the old Fairbanks Walk of Fame before he died and said, "How did he have this With a small pair of feet, they can make such wonderful stunts?!"
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Olson Johnson: [after Gabby Johnson's speech] Now who can argue with that? I think we're all indebted to Gabby Johnson for clearly stating what needed to be said. I'm particulary glad that these lovely children were here today to hear that speech. Not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, it expressed a courage little seen in this day and age.
[townspeople murmur and nod in approval]
Olson Johnson: What are we made of? Our fathers came across the prairies, fought Indians, fought drought, fought locusts, fought Dix... remember when Richard Dix came in here and tried to take over this town? Well, we didn't give up then, and by gum, we're not going to give up now!
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Governor Lepetomane: [pointing to a member of his cabinet] I didn't get a "harrumph" out of that guy!
Hedley Lamarr: Give the Governor harrumph!
Politician: Harrumph!
Governor Lepetomane: You watch your ass.
Hedley Lamarr: Gentlemen, please rest your sphincters.
Governor Lepetomane: Well, put.