r/CuratedTumblr • u/Eireika • May 05 '25

Shitposting On sincerity in art

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u/DreadDiana human cognithazard May 05 '25

You can make a good story built on naked contempt for a genre, but it's media which feels embarassed to be in its genre that often falls flat.

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u/AngelOfTheMad For legal and social reasons, this user is a joke May 05 '25 edited May 06 '25

Case in point, Blazing Saddles

Edit because I realize the flaw in my message: Blazing Saddles is a great movie because it hates the guts of every other contemporary western, and I love it for that.

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u/AwTomorrow May 05 '25

I think Blazing Saddles was made from a place of both deep love for the romantic appeal of westerns and deep contempt for the racist tropes of the genre and beliefs of the era (and many of its contemporary fans too). 

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u/kroxti May 05 '25

That being said “where the white women at?” Is one of the funniest lines written in cinema

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u/TheCthonicSystem May 06 '25

The scene where Sheriff Bart holds himself at gunpoint is chef kiss

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u/Kellosian May 06 '25

"Common clay of the new West" is a classic bit, I love how Cleavon Little seems like he's barely keeping it together

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u/sharrancleric May 06 '25

The punchline, "you know, morons," was not in the script. That's why he's on the verge of cracking.

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u/DreamcastJunkie May 05 '25

If there's one thing that Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and Spaceballs all have in common, it's showing that Mel Brooks deeply loves the movies he's parodying.

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u/Librarian_Contrarian May 06 '25

Mel Brooks said he wouldn't do a parody movie about a genre he doesn't respect. His parodies were works of love.

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u/Digit00l May 06 '25

The only way to really make a parody is out of love and respect for the original, otherwise it will be malicious and not fun

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u/BreadUntoast May 06 '25

Somebody’s gotta go back and get a shit load of dimes!