Is 'Blazing Saddles' a racist or sexist film?

[ronnykmarshall]

I was in GD, saw this thread and got inspired.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1781331

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. LOL. Mitt Romney apologizes for use of the word "ni**ers."

People rush to Romney's defense, saying "ni**er" is just a quaint term from a Mel Brooks picture.

[ronnykmarshall]

2. and which choice did you vote for?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. It's not on the list.

So excuse me while I whip this out...

[ronnykmarshall]

17. LOL!

You ROCK baby!!!


WE THE WHITE GOD FEARING PEOPLE OF ROCK RIDGE ........

[yurbud]

56. what was his context? 'After stop the Mexicans at the border, we'll take

care of the n*&&@#s.'

[matcom]

3. IT IS ANTI-SEMITIC!!!!

just like EVERYTHING else these days :eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

4. It's also homophobic!

Hands on your hips, stick out tush ..............

Dom Deluse: Can you do that now??????

Queeny dancers: Yeeeessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Dom: Sounds like steam escaping.

[Richardo]

24. "1-2-3-4-watch-me-faggots!"

:rofl:

Great scene for Dom.

[terrya]

41. "Come on girls, let's get em!"

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. It makes FUN of racism

I don't understand people who can't or won't see the difference.




I get no kick from champagne...

[calico1]

7. Look at the thread the OP is referring to

and you will know where they are coming from. :)

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. Yeah, I saw that

"Let's just make everything about race." :eyes:

[calico1]

11. This poll was meant as satire

because of how ridiculous that one was.

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. Yeah, I got that, too

I was in rather a cynical mood when I posted earlier, and that post was directed at the GD thread, not this one.

I should've been more judicious. :blush:

[BrotherBuzz]

37. Lose your jocularity this morning?

:rofl:

[deutsey]

8. Yes, Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor are well known racists and Jew haters

:sarcasm:

[Zomby Woof]

9. Let's play chess!

Is my option. :D

[CanuckAmok]

12. Not enough of either.

[sarge43]

14. Also anti-Hispanic and anti-Germanic and homophobic

"Holy Santa Maria, it's Mmmmmmmongo!"

"you Teutonic twat!"

"Doing the French Mistake" "You sissy Marys"

[achtung_circus]

15. WHAT!

No schwannstucke option??

[Reciprocity]

39. Lilli Von Shtupp

I'm Tired


Here I stand, the goddess of desire
Set men on fire
I have this power
Morning, noon, and night
it's drinks and dancing
some quick romancing
And then a shower

Stagecoach johnnies constantly suwwound me
they always hound me
with one reqwest
Who can satisfy their lustful habit?
I'm not a wabbit!
I need some west!

I'm tired
Sick and tired of love
I've had my fill of love
From below and above
Tired...
Tired of being admired
Tired of love uninspired
Let's face it, I'm tired!

I've been with sousands of men
again and again.
They promise the moon
They always coming and going and going and coming...
and always too soon!
Right girls?

I'm tired
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a crying shame
I'm so tired
Goddammit, I'm exhausted!

(spoken) Hello cowboy, what's your name?
(cowboy) Tex, ma'am!
(spoken) Taxmam! Tell me Taxmam, are you in show business?
(cowboy) Nope!
(spoken) Then why don't you get your fwigging feet off the stage!

(sung) ah ah ah ah, etc.
(spoken) Hello handsome, is that a 10 gallon hat or are you chust enjoyink the show?
(sung) ah ah ah ah, etc.
(cowboy 2) Oh miss Lili! Oh my lovely baby! Oh my pussycat! Aha ha ha ha! Put it there baby, put it... ahooo!

Tired
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a cwying shame
I'm so tired.

(chorus) She's tired
(Mel Brooks) She's tired!
(chorus) Sick and tired of love
(Mel Brooks) Give her a break!
(chorus) She's had her fill of love
(Mel Brooks) She's not a snake!
(chorus) From below and above
(Mel Brooks) Can't you see she's sick!
(chorus) Tired!
(Mel Brooks) She's bushed!
(chorus) Tired of being admired!
(Mel Brooks) Let her alone!
(chorus) Tired of love uninspired!
(Mel Brooks) Get off the phone!
(chorus) She's tired!
(Mel Brooks) Don't you know she's pooped?!

I've been with sousands of men
Again and again
They all sing the same tune
They start Byron and Shelley
then jump on your belly
and bust your balloon
Oy!


Tired
Tired of playing the game
Ain't it a fwiggin' shame
I'm so...
(spoken)Let's face it. Everything below the waist... is kaput!
(chorus) Tired!

[6000eliot]

16. Of course it is.

But it's also funny.

[Rosco T.]

18. YES! Thank goodness .... n/m

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

19. Pardon me, miss, but you're sucking on my elbow.

According to legend, that line was cut from the film. If you've seen it, I don't have to tell you where it goes.

[peekaloo]

20. Camptown ladies sing this song doo-dah doo-dah

pardon me while I whip this out *gasp*

No.

[Blue_Tires]

21. Mongo like candy!

KO-BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

[El Fuego]

34. Mongo only pawn... in game of life.

[sarge43]

22. If you shot him, you'll just make him mad

Little bastard shot me in the ass

Huh, huh naw. Mongo straight

The common clay of the west .... you know, morons.

[underpants]

23. Hey I didn't get a HARRUMPH outa that guy!

I think it is meant to show the absurdity of racism and I guess sexism too.

A very very very funny movie.

Sheesh they darker than us!

[martymar64]

50. Give the Governor Harumph!

Gentlemen Gentlemen, rest your sphincters!
Well put!

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. It's a comedy that takes place in the frontier American West

[Cathyclysmic]

26. Yes. And it's hilarious, too.

[Blue_Tires]

27. "We take the good time and trouble....

to slaughter every last indian in the west, and fer WHUT? Sos we can elect a sheriff that's BLACKER than ANY indian!"

[yodermon]

28. never seen it

sorry, i know how lame that makes me

[Reciprocity]

42. Oh you poor thing.

The bean eating skit along is worth a thousand words.

[sarge43]

43. Oh yodermon, don't deprive yourself of one of life's pleasure. n/t

[terrya]

29. "This just goes to show...that you're the leading asshole in this state"

Mel Brooks isn't the most "politically correct" of filmmakers. But his body of work is just plain funny. "Blazing Saddles" is one of his best and funniest.

[MrSlayer]

30. What in the wide world of sports is a goin' on here?

One of the funniest movies of all time.

[jus_the_facts]

32. That's one of m'faveorite lines....

:D

:hi:

[Jack from Charlotte]

31. It was made the SAME YEAR as... "Young Frankenstein." Unreal....nt

*

[Blue-Jay]

33. More beans, Mister Taggert?

[ronnykmarshall]

38. I think you had enough!

Froggy love Daddy?

[Gormy Cuss]

35. It's no where near as bad as that old TV series "All in the Family"

;)

[sarge43]

36. Did anyone mention it's also sexist?

LePetomaine staring at his 'secretary's' :bounce::bounce:

"Hello boys. Miss me?"

[AlCzervik]

40. "Excuse me while i whip this out"

[5thGenDemocrat]

44. Now is a time of great decision...

Are we to stand or up and quit
There's no avoiding this conclusion
Our town is turning into shit
John
Let us turn to the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and -- DUCK!!
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!

[sarge43]

49. Hey nephew

"What's a dazzling urbanite like you doing in a rustic setting like this?"

[5thGenDemocrat]

52. Slowly turning into soup

Actual temperature at Saginaw: 93 degrees, with a heat index of 107. No air-conditioning here, of course.
John
I don't usually need AC -- the ol' house stays pretty cool with all the trees around it -- but today is one of about four or five days in a year where it would come in real handy.

[sarge43]

54. Well, we have

temp 91, index 97. A heat advisory has been posted for the whole state through tomorrow. That has to be a first. As you say, thank God for trees.

Back to our regularly scheduled program: "Step right up. We're all equal here at Hanging House."

Bart: (Jim is trying to sit up) Need any help?

Jim: Oh....all I can get.

[JohnKleeb]

45. Classic

Love love Mel Brooks movies.

[RedStateShame]

46. "Piss on you, I work for Mel Brooks!"

[Rude Horner]

47. Classic, classic, classic

and if people can't laugh at stuff like this, I feel sorry for them. This movie is filled with so many classic one-liners, that I could quote 'em all day long.

And Slim Pickens is just ...oh man...

"Well, don't just lay there getting a suntan. Won't do ya no good no how. Here, put this shovel to some good use".
:rofl:

Now I know what I have to put in the DVD player tonight.

[sarge43]

48. Pickens was having the time of his life. n/t

[martymar64]

51. Isn't someone gonna help that poor man?

Quiet Harriett, that a sure of getting him killed!

[Gatchaman]

53. It's neither racist or sexist

it's satire featuring racist and sexist characters.

[Sanity Claws]

55. An African-American woman friend was very offended

by the movie.
I imagine if I were in her shoes, I'd probably feel the same way.

[Reciprocity]

57. I must have killed more men than Cecil B. De Mille.

There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!