Well stated, laffite.laffite wrote: ↑February 1st, 2023, 3:23 pm Blazing Saddles is the worst movie I have ever seen (or close) I have made two attempts.
Everyone else loves it to death so I chalk it up "not getting it." I didn't like The Producers either. OTOH, Young Frankenstein is one of the funniest movies ever for me, and Airplane! was very funny. So I am not completely bereft. As far as I know, my sense of humor is still i-n-t-a-c---t..
I was amazed when showing it to my teen at the offensive language and stupid humor. But I had seen it as a kid, first run in the theater and it was hilarious to me, my brothers & my parents. Guess Americans had a more liberal sense of humor back then, it wasn't offensive to any of my Black, Asian or still-in-the-closet-gay friends.
But seeing it now, it's shocking. If I were viewing it the first time as an adult, I would be incredibly disgusted. Times change.
It's like those Hillbilly movies of the 80's. I was too old to see them when they were first out, so the humor just seems juvenile to me now.