[Impala64ssa]

There must be something so empowering and "sexy" about getting offended for the sake of getting offended. It's only a movie, a MAKE BELIEVE story for G-D's sake! And to think when I was a kid I was made fun of for believing pro wrestling was real? SHEESH! Some of my old friends I grew up with are related to the Ramapo Indians (aka Jackson Whites) as well as part Black and to this day we'd still bust out in hysterical laughter at Blazing Saddles, or Amos n Andy for that matter. Even though at times we acted like immature punks, we still had the maturity to understand that it was OK to poke a little fun at ourselves, and we still had a strong mutual respect for each other. Something that lib/prog types, for all their pseudo-intellectualism can never understand.

[TBP]

we'd still bust out in hysterical laughter at Blazing Saddles

"It's Headley!"

[fieldmarshaldj]

"an actress portraying an Apache woman squatting and urinating while smoking a peace pipe"

Screamingly funny. Not.

[Monty22002]

Blazing Saddles sure couldn’t be made today. Neither could Animal House, especially the scene in the black night club. The 70s were the last time that people could just take a joke I guess.

[Trillian]

That’s pretty much a requirement in Adam Sandler movies. How could they not know that?

[dennisw]

Bring in some Italians to replace these casino-owning malcontents. That’s who played Indian parts back in Hollywood’s golden era

[bramps]

Adam Sandler movies = cultural rot

[gaijin]

Enjoying self parody is a sign of strength.

It is fashionable to have no sense of humor.

Thats why more and more comics wont work colleges.

When MOST people are looking to be offended, well, its not fun anymore.

We see that here.

[PA Engineer]

They should cast Elizabeth Warren. Oh, how the feathers would fly.

[davius]

If I were an investor in this project, I’d be demanding to know what chucklehead authorized hiring a Native cultural advisor for a Sandler potty fest in the first place.

[PGR88]

a group of about a dozen American Indian actors walked off the set of an Adam Sandler comedy Wednesday

No big deal. Just do it like Mel Brooks - get some Jewish guys from Brooklyn and put some war-paint on them.

[Oztrich Boy]

Did they complain about Johnny Depp wearing a pigeon as a hat?

[fatnotlazy]

Not long ago, Michelle Obama addressed some Indians, talking about their mistreatment and as always, blaming whitey for alcoholism and other problems the Native Americans have. I suppose now the Indians are another protected class given the right to be offended at everything. Are they going to hire the anarchists from Ferguson to lead them in rioting, burning and looting?

[RitaOK]

I dunno, some of the comedy examples are really funny, some of it unnecessarily low brow, outright disgusting, but our decadent culture makes many not know the difference. I wondered which of the examples grew the Indian ire. We don’t read from the excerpt that they objected to all of the humor.

I agree with you that considering real comedy, Blazing Saddles is really funny and also that being offended is becoming a full time job, no thanks to Obama for balkanizing every group, issue and opinion he can lay his hands on.

[cardinal4]

The scene in Blazing Saddles where Mel Brooks' Indian character chants in Yiddish is hilarious..!

[Gene Eric]

>> an Apache woman squatting and urinating while smoking a peace pipe

An indignity not necessarily exclusive to old Mexico.

[Veggie Todd]

The actors, who were primarily from the Navajo nation, left the set after the satirical western’s script repeatedly insulted native women and elders and grossly misrepresented Apache culture.

So the Navajo's were offended that the Apache's culture was misrepresented?
That's like me (of German and Russian descent) getting offended when French people are characterized as wimps.

[RichInOC]

If you sign onto an Adam Sandler movie and expect cultural sensitivity, I feel sorry for you.

[eddie willers]

When did the Navajo become such pussies?

[lee martell]

My guess is the movie crew won’t have any problem replacing the 12 angry men (and women).
For every actor hired, there are three or more eager to understudy or take the role.

[razorback-bert]

In Cheyenne Autumn, Navajos played Cheyenne and in the scene, where they are having a pow wow with Richard Widmark. The Navajos are joking about the whites penis size, no one other than the Navajos knew what they were saying. Every year the drive inn in Farmington NM, shows Cheyenne Autumn to a packed house of Indians, hooting, hollering and blowing horns. They think it is a great joke on the whites.