Martin McDonagh likes to make films about unique, fringe places, and the fringe people who cross through these places; the locations are so defined and necessary to his stories. Here now he turns the Irish coastlines into a dream of somewhere far away and long ago, and he envelops you in it.
I do think Blazing Saddles handled its one depiction of native americans very poorly, and the full extent of its representation of chinese workers on the railroad is they were literally just there. not even one single speaking line. unclear if this is worse or better than the redface.
it's fucking phenomenal at lampooning antiblack racism though. extremely blatant, extremely funny satire, which is constantly and loudly saying "racism is the philosophy of the terminally stupid at best and morally depraved at worst, and we should all be pointing and laughing at them 24/7"
plus the main character is a heroic black man who has to navigate a whole lot of bullshit but is constantly smirking at the extraordinarily stupid racists and inviting the audience into the joke. the one heroic white character is a guy who was suicidally depressed until he met the protagonist and they just instantly became buds, and he's firmly in a supporting role the whole time and happy to be there. the protagonist saves the day with the help of his black friends from the railroad, and uses the position of power he was given to uplift not only those friends, but all the railroad workers of other minorities too, in an explicit show of solidarity.
anyone saying "Blazing Saddles is racist" had better be talking about its treatment of non-black minorities. it had better not be such superficial takes as "oh but they say the n-word all the time" or "they have nazis and the kkk in there!" because goddamn if that's the full extent of your critique I very seriously suggest you read up on media analysis. there is too much going over your head, you need to learn to recognize satire.
doodle from september that i colored, you guessed it, during dnd. my sanji-is-just-a-bit-taller-than-zoro propaganda also. zoro my beautiful prizewinning tomato plucked fresh from garden
non-loser version bc i think he looks cuties on his own.
Looks like a cinnamon roll but crazy horny and bossy in bed ✨HRH Prince Henry✨
Like so far all the kissing/ intimate scenes we've got, it's all Henry pushing and shoving and kissing Alex. I'm glad that they are keeping 'bossy in bed' theme accurate from the book.
This movie is such a crazed classic that it’s easy to take for granted. It’s my favorite Coppola film, and like the Godfather, it’s beyond comparison. His weirdest movie is one of the most enduring films of all time.