“Never Give A Saga An Even Break!” hollers the tagline to Mel Brooks’ swipe at Hollywood’s most sacred genre. After succeeding by setting out to fail with The Producers, Brooks wasn’t going to print the legend. He was going to wipe his boots on it. Summoning just about every one of the Western’s stock clichés for a merciless parodying, Blazing Saddles
balances an irreverent backslap at Hollywood prejudice with a tireless, irresistible vulgarity. Read the rest of this entry »
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