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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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To: FlingWingFlyer

>They don’t want to laugh

Secular moralism has replaced religion


21 posted on 12/08/2022 6:56:56 AM PST by struggle
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To: SecondAmendment

https://youtu.be/bZrmp9tXGb0

Go ahead and laugh. Its ok.


22 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:16 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: al_c

Since listening to music by Bach and Beethoven, swimming, watching movies about sharks and being named Mike are now racist, why wouldn’t Blazing Saddles be?


23 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:20 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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To: al_c

Even a stopped clock…


24 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:34 AM PST by Allegra
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To: Red Badger

Aye!


25 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:40 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Red Badger
Shvarts!


26 posted on 12/08/2022 6:57:48 AM PST by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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To: Fiji Hill

I plan to move to Europe, only listen to Mozart and Beethoven, and swim in frigid lakes in the Alps.
I will also change my name to Mike.
Whitest plan ever…


27 posted on 12/08/2022 6:59:46 AM PST by EEGator
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To: al_c

I don’t see why!?? I mean it has all the fixins women love today!! A loud mouth obnoxious blond who gets blacked at the end!! Remember well the laughter and giddyness of the crowd in the theater... “It’s True!! It’s True!!...”.

Shortly there after that was the trend in 95% of advertising...


28 posted on 12/08/2022 7:01:42 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: sit-rep

Add an e...


29 posted on 12/08/2022 7:03:37 AM PST by sit-rep ( )
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To: SecondAmendment

To this day it is absolutely one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.


30 posted on 12/08/2022 7:03:56 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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To: Delta 21

LOL - that movie never gets old.

I have the DVD in case the wokies try to ban it. Plus, even when it’s shown on TV, they cut out the campfire scene. That scene makes me weak with laughter.


31 posted on 12/08/2022 7:04:38 AM PST by Allegra
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To: al_c

Whoopi IS a racist -


32 posted on 12/08/2022 7:04:44 AM PST by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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To: Red Badger

and anti-Methodist!


33 posted on 12/08/2022 7:05:17 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: al_c

My tagline....


34 posted on 12/08/2022 7:05:23 AM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: al_c

Blazing Saddles is one of the funniest movies ever.

Whoopie? Funny? Not so much.


35 posted on 12/08/2022 7:06:41 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Allegra

Such a timeless scene. I love Slim Pickens.


36 posted on 12/08/2022 7:11:17 AM PST by Delta 21 (MAGA Republican is my pronoun.)
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To: al_c

Do they know that one of the cowriters of the script was Richard Pryor?


37 posted on 12/08/2022 7:11:45 AM PST by GreenHornet
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To: al_c

Richard Pryor was one of the writers.

“Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Saddles


38 posted on 12/08/2022 7:12:09 AM PST by CTyank
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To: al_c

Anyone that thinks that is absurd.

The movie was making fun of racism. Geesh if you can’t even do that - what else is there?


39 posted on 12/08/2022 7:12:45 AM PST by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMV)
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To: al_c

You listed rape twice
I like it.

There is no chance they could make five minutes of Blazing Saddles.


40 posted on 12/08/2022 7:13:54 AM PST by bray (The Republic of Texas is available on Barnes and Noble and Audible)
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