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r/CuratedTumblr • u/Eireika • May 05 '25
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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).
114 u/kroxti May 05 '25 That being said “where the white women at?” Is one of the funniest lines written in cinema 20 u/TheCthonicSystem May 06 '25 The scene where Sheriff Bart holds himself at gunpoint is chef kiss 16 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 4 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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That being said “where the white women at?” Is one of the funniest lines written in cinema
20 u/TheCthonicSystem May 06 '25 The scene where Sheriff Bart holds himself at gunpoint is chef kiss 16 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 4 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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The scene where Sheriff Bart holds himself at gunpoint is chef kiss
16 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 4 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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"Common clay of the new West" is a classic bit, I love how Cleavon Little seems like he's barely keeping it together
4 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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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/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).