The Movie Thread...

Mikie said:
So do you consider Blazing Saddles a political statement, or just a raw reminder that America has lost all forms and sense of laughing at ourselves? I recall the flick making fun of just about everyone.
How much more censorship do you want? ...and to what degree do we censor so no one is offended?
What is your solution?
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Blazing Saddles is about the most anti-racist movie ever made. For starters, think of the portrayals of the whites throughout... bungling, stupid, greedy, sleazy, etc... There are more traits, I'm sure, but I haven't watched it in years. The progressive slant is the reason John Wayne turned down the role after reading the script.

We've lost the ability to perform literary analysis.
 
Faust29 said:
Blazing Saddles is about the most anti-racist movie ever made. For starters, think of the portrayals of the whites throughout... bungling, stupid, greedy, sleazy, etc... There are more traits, I'm sure, but I haven't watched it in years. The progressive slant is the reason John Wayne turned down the role after reading the script.

We've lost the ability to perform literary analysis.
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Richard Pryor was one of the writers as well
 
DangerDirtyD said:
Well, oh well. Let me start with: I’m not black or white; I’m Greek, which is better than what all ya’llz is.
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DangerDirtyD said:
Well, oh well. Let me start with: I’m not black or white; I’m Greek, which is better than what all ya’llz is. Now that we have that cleared up, I figured since you and @Faust29 removed my and @AKAKTM political posts to reduce the likelihood of inciting a negative response from an opposing point of view, a post focused on racial satire featuring the N word might qualify in that regard. I’d rather have all three posts still up, and @rossage @mike @Runs with Scissors @MTBZen and others still participating here, but I guess the line is drawn with people standing on both sides of it. Oh well.

I’d like to add that @mtnbikej is a gravel grinder, so let’s not take his posts too seriously.
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Just for clarification, from an honest-to-goodness southerner (sorta, kinda - like, Missourah): The singular term is "y'all," which is a contraction of the singular "you-all" as the second person singular.

This can be extended to "all y'all" and refer to the second person plural, for "all of you."

Class dismissed.

AND - Blazing Saddles and History of the World, Part II were freakin' hi-larious. Rolling in the aisles style hi-larious. People really need to lighten up. Everybody got targeted in those movies.
 
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Runs with Scissors said:
Just for clarification, from an honetst-to-goodness southerner (sorta, kinda - like, Missourah): The singular term is "y'all," which is a contraction the singular "you-all" as the second person singular.

This can be extended to "all y'all" and refer to the second person plural, for "all of you."

Class dismissed.

AND - Blazing Saddles and History of the World, Part II were freakin' hi-larious. Rolling in the aisles style hi-larious. People really need to lighten. Everybody got targeted in those movies.
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Hi Mark. :)
 
DangerDirtyD said:
Well, oh well. Let me start with: I’m not black or white; I’m Greek, which is better than what all ya’llz is. Now that we have that cleared up, I figured since you and @Faust29 removed my and @AKAKTM political posts to reduce the likelihood of inciting a negative response from an opposing point of view, a post focused on racial satire featuring the N word might qualify in that regard. I’d rather have all three posts still up, and @rossage @mike @Runs with Scissors @MTBZen and others still participating here, but I guess the line is drawn with people standing on both sides of it. Oh well.

I’d like to add that @mtnbikej is a gravel grinder, so let’s not take his posts too seriously.
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Can someone translate this for me? I don't understand the original Greek....
 
Runs with Scissors said:
Can someone translate this for me? I don't understand the original Greek....
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I think what threw you was the greek use of the contraction ya'llz, which I've taken to believe should have been y'all if singular and " all y'all " if plural.
But then I'm just parroting what I read above. :whistling: which I'm sure you may have seen.....

And I've taken to using y'allz on occasion, so I guess that I'm part of the problem and not the solution. :confused::cool:
 
Runs with Scissors said:
Just for clarification, from an honest-to-goodness southerner (sorta, kinda - like, Missourah): The singular term is "y'all," which is a contraction of the singular "you-all" as the second person singular.

This can be extended to "all y'all" and refer to the second person plural, for "all of you."

Class dismissed.

AND - Blazing Saddles and History of the World, Part II were freakin' hi-larious. Rolling in the aisles style hi-larious. People really need to lighten up. Everybody got targeted in those movies.
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"Where the white women at?"
"Badges...? We don't need no stinking badges!"
"Oh, it's twue. It's twue. It's twue, it's twue!".. All these quotes should be view in context
Happy Slim Pickens flicks
 
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