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minus-squareKaboom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down3·8 months agoYou couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because Westerns aren’t nearly as popular as they once were, and so it’ll be harder for jokes to land
minus-squareMeatsOfRage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·8 months agoAlso Gene Wilder hasn’t done anything for 8 years
minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoMel Brooks did an animated movie called the Legend of Hank that was more or less a kid friendly remake of Blazing Saddled to prove he could make it today.
minus-square5too@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months ago…how kid friendly? Haven’t been able to introduce my kids to his stuff yet!
minus-squareanarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoWhat in the wide, wide world of sports is that supposed to mean?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoPeriod Westerns aren’t much popular. However: Wind River Hell or High Water (<- do NOT sleep on this one!) No Country for Old Men Sicario …and so on.
You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because Westerns aren’t nearly as popular as they once were, and so it’ll be harder for jokes to land
Also Gene Wilder hasn’t done anything for 8 years
Dude…too soon.
Mel Brooks did an animated movie called the Legend of Hank that was more or less a kid friendly remake of Blazing Saddled to prove he could make it today.
…how kid friendly? Haven’t been able to introduce my kids to his stuff yet!
What in the wide, wide world of sports is that supposed to mean?
Period Westerns aren’t much popular. However:
…and so on.
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