merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?message-squaremessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up163
arrow-up163message-squareHow have your opinions on media you once enjoyed changed over time? Are there movies or shows you used to find funny but no longer do?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoBlazing Saddles is the epitome of Mel Brooks humor that has aged well. It’s an amazing satire of racism that is still on point for today (unfortunately).
minus-squareelephantium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoHuh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSatirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.
Blazing Saddles is the epitome of Mel Brooks humor that has aged well. It’s an amazing satire of racism that is still on point for today (unfortunately).
Huh, I had the opposite reaction. I see your point about satirizing racism, but I couldn’t get past the gratuitous n-bombs every other line.
Satirizing requires doing the thing being satirized, in this case racists being racist.