Look at what has to pass for funny nowadays. Comedy has suffered because the left has made people so sensitive about what comes out of their mouths or what goes into their ears...which is, after all, their goal.
A couple years ago, a friend of mine and I talked about the great movies you probably couldn’t get away with making today. Blazing Saddles was at the top of the list.
I also think you’d have a hard time making these films today, at least without radically altering them:
Better Off Dead / Harold and Maude - comedies about a teenager with a death wish? Not likely to get the green light today.
Animal House
16 Candles - not with the Long Duk Dong character, anyway. They’ll probably drop Lamar Latrell from the forthcoming Revenge of the Nerds remake as well.
Harvey - There actually IS a remake of this one in the works, but I suspect it will be very different in nature compared to the original. I just can’t see Hollywood having a central character who is a happy-go-lucky lush (no Thin Man remakes, either, I guess).
Look at what has to pass for funny nowadays. Comedy has suffered because the left has made people so sensitive about what comes out of their mouths or what goes into their ears...which is, after all, their goal.