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Is it really time to cancel ‘Blazing Saddles?’

JL;DR SUMMARY In the wake of HBO Max's decision to remove "Gone with the Wind" due to its glorification of the Confederacy, discussions have emerged surrounding whether Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Blazing Saddles" should face similar scrutiny. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityHistorical ContextMel BrooksRacismCultural CritiqueComedyBlack Jewish RelationsSatireHbo MaxBlazing Saddles

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Waco, Texas, United States
"Take, for example, Barts one true white ally, Jim aka The Waco Kid."

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