Posted on 02/14/2021 9:01:19 AM PST by Rummyfan
Under the belief it was the movie that would most offend today’s Woketards, last week I wrote about the gloriously inappropriate and problematic Animal House (1978). Finding myself in a Belushi mood, a few days later, I watched his next hit, 1980’s The Blues Brothers, and quickly realized today’s Hitler Youth would hate this one even more — a whole lot more.
You have no idea how blessed I was to come of age in the 70s and 80s, two of the freest decades, not only in our country’s history but in world history. By 1970, Hollywood’s self-censoring Production Code had been dismantled, the great Norman Lear had pushed the boundaries of television with his masterpiece All in the Family, and suddenly nothing and no one was off-limits. There were no more sacred cows. No limits on satire. No protected groups.
And do you want to know the best part? Almost all the satire was good-natured. When a Carlin, Pryor, Lear, and Saturday Night Live took a shot at you, you couldn’t help but laugh at yourself — which is the healthiest of medicines for the human spirit.
We were truly free then. So free… And like young people do, I took it all for granted — just assumed it would always be that way.
Well, look at us now… We live in a literal Woke Police State run by Big Corporations. Ironically, this was something Hollywood frequently warned us about — and now Hollywood is one of our most fascist enforcers. McCarthyism and blacklists have returned with a vengeance.
Well, as the (soon-to-be-blacklisted) Python boys famously suggested, you should “always look at the bright side of life.”
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“A boy so young to be getting into trouble like that.”
That wire fence that protected those two from any real harm from the outraged masses was very symbolic of the evolving privlidge rendered to some in America.
The Sherrif is near. Blazing Saddles. Could never be done today. Will probably never be shone in a movie theater ever again.
OMG! The church scene? Snowflake heads explode with the gravity violating exuberance of actors on trampolines.
I purchased the “Double-Secret” version of ‘Animal House’.
My whole family watched ‘The Blues Brothers’ and agreed that the car chase scene was one of the best they’d ever seen. And...the music was top-notch. For not being actual musicians, Akroyd and Belushi did a darned good job (their backup band was also top-notch).
I guess I will never understand why the namby-pamby weenies of these days are so offended by the humor.
This film promoted the contributions of John Lee Hooker, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway and the “band” who were the backup greats for the Stax music of the era of Booker t and MGs (Steve Cropper and Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn).
At that time few average filmgoers had piles of albums by them as I did, so this was a boost to them.
I have friends that worked crew and stunts on the movie. My husbands saw them film in Park Ridge, they had filmed in front of his office. Just a great fun movie.
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The SWAT team repelling down the court house sounded like a flock of geese. I laughed my butt off in that scene.
Don’t forget Twiggy.
As discussed in jest about three years ago on FR, they could re-release all these films with problematic scenes and dialogue cut. 4 minutes and 10 seconds total running time. And a mandatory twenty minute documentary on how evil American films were until BLM.Same for Animal House, National Lampoon Vacation series, Airplane series and other greats of comedy history. Short films now.
Although the expected outcomes are different, just as Jake and Elwood, we Christian Conservatives are on a Mission From God.
“Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman ...”
The DVD now includes a woke disclaimer. Same with early Loony Toons cartoons. Snowflakery abounds.
“I purchased the “Double-Secret” version of ‘Animal House’.”
Animal House is portrayed exactly how things were in 1963 when I pledged to a Fraternity. Gary Marshall really did his homework. There was a ‘House’ very similar to ‘Delta Tau Chi’ to which I pledged.
Blazing Saddles was shown on IFC(?) last weekend, totally uncut, nothing bleeped, muted or pixelated. Same for Fast Times at Ridgemont High last night, which included Spicoli’s dream sequence (”those guys are fags!”) and clear shots of the female leads’ boobs. I could almost not believe it for 2021.
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