Except, the casual homophobia in old media (a less intense version is notable when I watched Friends for the first time a couple of years ago) is ugly and best moved beyond, while the use of Ni**** in Blazing Saddles is intrinsic to what makes the film both hilarious and classic.
On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 1:53 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Along similar lines: A couple years back I looked up one of my favorite > SNL skits, "The Sinatra Group" and was blown out of the water that the gay > slur "f-----" was used in reference to, of all things, Milli Vanilli. > Admittedly I was only 17 at the time, and that wasn't the reason I loved > it, but to see it used so nonchalantly blew my mind. > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 12:39 PM Doug Eastick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Blazing saddles. I had great memories of laughing while watching that >> movie with my father. So when I saw (about a decade ago) it in the TiVo >> listings, I recorded it. >> >> I then proceeded to talk it up to my 8(?) Year old son. We sat down one >> Friday night to watch it. Upon the second mention of the n-word, I was >> wide-eyed as I had totally forgot the flagrant use of the word. My primary >> memory was the fart scene. >> >> I had to pause the movie and explain old day racism. An educational >> moment on a Friday night. >> >> >> >> >> On Sat., Apr. 25, 2020, 9:22 a.m. Tom Wolper, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 10:38 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I recall when the Family Channel (don’t remember if it was Fox or >>>> Disney at that time) ended up with the rights to air Blazing Saddles. I >>>> believe the TRT with commercials was under 45 minutes >>>> >>> >>> In the late1970s one of the networks bought the rights to Blazing >>> Saddles and put it on in prime time. They dubbed in to replace the >>> profanity but left in the n-word. Something that will always stick with me >>> was that in the original the sheriff said to an old woman, "Isn't it a >>> beautiful day, ma'am?" and she replied, "Up yours, n****r." In the cut for >>> network TV she said, "Outta my way, n****r, as if that's where the >>> sensitive point was. And most famously, in the scene where the cowboys ate >>> beans around the campfire the farts were replaced by belches. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHkfEccNauwLH58GtHcSZ6k9xtxfjFrXSbHHduyTa0UwQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiHkfEccNauwLH58GtHcSZ6k9xtxfjFrXSbHHduyTa0UwQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Br%3D9g44QdAyo4kUYpSHjsCtp%2Btv3ajm08Ouo3rJSNYZWg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAK5Q1Br%3D9g44QdAyo4kUYpSHjsCtp%2Btv3ajm08Ouo3rJSNYZWg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcsCKWROW%3D886LNt-rEr3kHmJo9suWoWH-f-i8-W%2BYTtw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BcsCKWROW%3D886LNt-rEr3kHmJo9suWoWH-f-i8-W%2BYTtw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLE6N_fDLMpkZfxx4SrXQicyZUzAi7O5hp_KQuN-7fY-g%40mail.gmail.com.
