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Whoopi Goldberg Pushes Back On Claims ‘Blazing Saddles’ Is Racist: “Don’t Make Me Come For You”
Yahoo! ^ | December 7, 2022 | Armando Tinoco

Posted on 12/08/2022 6:46:00 AM PST by al_c

Whoopi Goldberg is defending Blazing Saddles from criticism that it’s a racist movie.

The backlash over the film was brought to the “Hot Topics” table following Mindy Kaling saying that The Office couldn’t be made today because the characters are too “inappropriate.”

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TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: blazingsaddles; racism; whoopi
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I'm quite surprised that Whoopi is defending this. I figured she'd jump on the bandwagon.
1 posted on 12/08/2022 6:46:00 AM PST by al_c
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To: al_c

Thank goodness she was not in it.


2 posted on 12/08/2022 6:46:53 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: al_c

The trouble is, the ignorant bass turds occupying this country these days have no sense of humor. They don’t want to laugh. All they want to do is stare at and poke a cellphone all day like it’s a big bullfrog.


3 posted on 12/08/2022 6:48:39 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: BenLurkin

You mean that thing Mongo rides was not her


4 posted on 12/08/2022 6:48:43 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: al_c

Stopped clock thing. The movie is clearly ANTI-racist.


5 posted on 12/08/2022 6:49:10 AM PST by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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> I'm quite surprised that Whoopi is defending this. I figured she'd jump on the bandwagon.

Jews have to stick up for each other.

FYI: Yes I know Miss Goldberg changed her name, it was a joke.

6 posted on 12/08/2022 6:49:11 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: BenLurkin

She was a mule pulling a wagon and running around in circles


7 posted on 12/08/2022 6:49:15 AM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: al_c

The fact that “Blazing Saddles” has not been cancelled convinces me its producer, Mel Brooks, must have been/still is a major financial contributor to the Democrat party.


8 posted on 12/08/2022 6:50:04 AM PST by Dan in Wichita
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9 posted on 12/08/2022 6:51:16 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

What you talking about? Whoopi was in Blazing Saddles, she was knocked out with one punch by Mongo.


10 posted on 12/08/2022 6:51:18 AM PST by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: al_c

11 posted on 12/08/2022 6:51:33 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: al_c

Well, it does characterize a slick black outwhitting all the stupid white folk. I’d say it is a push on racism. My 2c worth.


12 posted on 12/08/2022 6:51:42 AM PST by Deepeasttx ( Sensitivity/diversity training, along with CRT are all un-walled reeducation camps....for now.)
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To: al_c

It’s anti-Irish!........................


13 posted on 12/08/2022 6:52:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: cuban leaf
> Stopped clock thing. The movie is clearly ANTI-racist.

But even more importantly it was hilarious, entertaining, and not "preachy" in any way.

14 posted on 12/08/2022 6:52:40 AM PST by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING !!!)
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To: BenLurkin

She was in the chuckwagon scene.................


15 posted on 12/08/2022 6:53:58 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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16 posted on 12/08/2022 6:54:10 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: al_c

I made a point of getting the dvd for this a decade ago because I figured it would eventually be banned or heavily edited. Probably the funniest movie of all time.


17 posted on 12/08/2022 6:54:58 AM PST by circlecity (at)
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“I’m quite surprised that Whoopi is defending this. I figured she’d jump on the bandwagon.”

She is supposedly a comedian and she knows Blazing Saddles is funny. So perhaps there is an inner struggle between her comedy side and her political side and maybe the comedy side won in this case. Dunno. It is hard to figure out liberals.


18 posted on 12/08/2022 6:56:06 AM PST by plain talk
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To: al_c

She had her white boyfriend show up in public in blackface.


19 posted on 12/08/2022 6:56:15 AM PST by EEGator
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To: butlerweave

It wasn’t wearing a duvet…


20 posted on 12/08/2022 6:56:47 AM PST by EEGator
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