Monday, November 9, 2009
Cheapest Blazing Saddles [Blu-ray]

Way Out West. Go West. My Little Chickadee. The Paleface. Cat Ballou. Western comedies have been done before...but NEVER like this! Some 30-odd years later, Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" still retains its impact, and its unapologetic political incorrectness. Brooks had told all his writers to "go for broke; anything outrageous gets thrown in!" And the movie sure looks it. BS does have an "everything but the kitchen sink" quality to it. Like "Young Frankenstein", which is gentler but just as kooky, BS aims scattershot at all kinds of satire, old & new, and scores time & again. Tucked in between the belly laughs are messages about corruption, greed & racism...but the comedy still rules, especially when you have a campfire bean-eating scene where cowboys are passing gas in turn. And like YF, BS has so many outrageously funny moments that you need a score card. Brooks gives himself dual roles as a Yiddish-speaking Indian chief, and as the misguided cross-eyed Governor LePetemaine. There are dozens of sharp, funny performances in the movie: From the gawdy heroics of Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder to the snivelling villainy of Harvey Korman to Madeline Kahn's "Destry Rides Again" spoof of Marlene Dietrich...well, even the supporting players are terrific.
Fast paced & hilarious, you definitely can't go wrong with this comedy which shows Brooks at the top of his game! Get more detail about Blazing Saddles [Blu-ray].
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