Just for the record: in 2020, I grade stupid on a generous curve (Trump does stupid things, but he's a moron, so the score's lower.) It's TCM. I expect better.
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 10:39 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > So, it’s not the stupidest thing I’ve heard of even this week (there are > so many contenders for that title on a weekly basis these days, including a > sitting President trying to steal an election by defunding the Post > Office), but it is stupid. > > I like Stewart, and as I have noted here I strongly agree with her intro > to Max’s GWTW. But as Specifically noted in our discussion of that topic, > the rationale for inserting a contextual explainer into the start of GWTW > is completely undermined by putting it into something like Blazing Saddles. > GWTW *is* racist, and it sentimentalize sand apologizes for racism. > Continuing to present it as an acceptable part of popular culture in the > 21st century requires some explanation and justification. > > BS is not racist, it is in fact anti-racist, and a biting satire every > bit as relevant and meaningful today as when it first came out. It needs no > justification, and this introduction is as welcome as any attempt to > explain a good joke - especially one given before the joke is even told. > > This is the kind of thing that *maybe* would be justified if a junior high > school teacher was going to show the film in class, probably ending with > the exhortation to “please don’t use the N-word on the playground when > teasing your friends.” > > If HBO really felt the need to cover their ass something like this would > have come better after the film, perhaps longer and less insulting, with a > focus on the legacy of racism in Hollywood Westerns, and a discussion of > “White Flight” in the 1970s. > > On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 6:40 AM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is the stupidest thing I've heard in a very, very long time. >> >> (Also, to be pedantically correct, it's a "n-word *work* song".) >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 10:14 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> The famous Mel Brooks comedy and race relations satire has been on the >>> streamer for a month, but now has an introduction from TCM's Jacqueline >>> Stewart similar to her introduction to HBOM's presentation of "Gone With >>> the Wind"--and I can personally vouch for it, since I saw it today before >>> settling back to hear Cleavon Little croon that "N-word song" written by a >>> white gay man in the first scene: >>> >>> >>> https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hbo-max-adds-proper-social-context-intro-blazing-saddles-1307351?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=THR%27s%20Today%20in%20Entertainment_now_2020-08-14%2007:38:41_ehayden&utm_term=hollywoodreporter_tie >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> 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/54f597c7-6aa5-4b4e-82d9-4d6cf147dafbn%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/54f597c7-6aa5-4b4e-82d9-4d6cf147dafbn%40googlegroups.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%2BeJHQ%3DSa1wpzL-Bqy%3DM8m4g0CoxxxeRLrtK3noGULFNSQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeJHQ%3DSa1wpzL-Bqy%3DM8m4g0CoxxxeRLrtK3noGULFNSQ%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/CAKGtkYKAYUaQTqdfa1c2L9wUcR4QX_wBJy8SGTWhV0hX4zBWfw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKAYUaQTqdfa1c2L9wUcR4QX_wBJy8SGTWhV0hX4zBWfw%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%2BeQyrKtLFgq%3DO9sKo2KDy%3Dk4H%3DXzSYSrWRwBHsRyjwAgg%40mail.gmail.com.
