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Roadkill Centrist's avatar

Literally took my 14yo to see a new 35mm print of BLAZING SADDLES before Covid.

With the caveat that as the child of a screenwriter, he’s been exposed to more cinema narrative than the typical teen, his reactions were:

1. Funny, but didn’t get some references (got the Bugs Bunny, not some of the Western tropes);

2. Surprised a lot of the college crowd didn’t see the racial humor as “obviously” anti-racist;

3. Had huge problems with the misogyny, especially the “Number 7” joke

4. Laughed til he cried at the campfire scene

5. Was confused by but enjoyed the 4th wall break at the conclusion, minus the gay stereotyping

FWIW

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Sharon King's avatar

I rewatched Bull Durham today and fell in love with it all over again. Perhaps what I love is the Americanness of. It’s precisely because it’s about quintessentially American things that it works so well, foreign audiences be damned!

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