And destroyed westerns ❤️
This is a fantastic video essay on the movie and I promise it’s not what you expect.
FYI: it’s on Netflix right now, and it has aged shockingly well. Go give it a watch (or re-watch)!
As someone who wasn’t alive during its release, it really doesn’t hold up well.
Probably the most boring comedy I’ve seen in my life. Like the most memorable scenes are fart jokes and saying people are stupid? Maybe this was revolutionary at the time but I’d rather watch the Producers, History of the World, or Space Balls any day.
Maybe this was revolutionary at the time but I’d rather watch the Producers, History of the World, or Space Balls any day.
It’s interesting how perspectives work.
I never like the Producers at all, I would describe it basically the same way you describe Blazing Saddles, and I love Blazing Saddles (though I hate regular westerns).
But then both you and I like History of the World and Spaceballs.
So, like I said, perspectives are strange.
Black comedy really doesn’t seem popular with the younger generations. It’s a shame, really. But humor/expression styles change over time, so so it goes.
Mel Brooks wrote, directed and starred in the #1 AND the #4 pictures at the box office that year… Saddles was #1 and Young Frankenstein was #4…
