Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles is a comical film directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. Mel Brooks was a well known and loved actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Brooks, in the process of making this film was faced with many obstacles that he had to overcome in order to make this film a success. In the process of making this film Warner Bros executives had many dislikes about the film. According to The Daily Beast, Bart explained that they wanted him to “Lose the fart scene, cut out any racial and ethnic jokes, edit scenes where a horse and an old lady get punched.” Brook explained “If I do this the movie would have only been 14 minutes long.” In Blazing Saddles race, gender, and stereotypes come together to show that the way women are objectified and dehumanized is…

In the satirical film Blazing Saddles directed by Mel Brooks in 1974 his main objective was to poke fun at the genre of western films. Mel Brooks is famous for producing many other satirical films but Blazing Saddles is considered one of the most comical movies of all time. Every western film contains the same three elements which are a sheriff, gunslinger and a villain. With these elements in mind Mel Brooks decided to add a more modern twist to a western film and that twist was racism. Mel…

The year is 1974. America is introduced to the F-16 Fighting Falcon, People Magazine, and India’s first nuclear bomb. The Universal Product Code is first scanned for the purchase of Wrigley’s gum. Ronald DeFeo Jr murders his family in what would become the inspiration for The Amityville Horror, the introduction of the Rubik’s cube and the world gets to meet “Lucy”. How could such an interesting year get better? With the release of what could arguably be called the most offensive movie ever…

Mel Brooks takes prejudice, a ordinarily taboo subject, and turns it into a film that depicts the pure ridiculousness that is prejudice and racism in Blazing Saddles. The film allows for a subject which is rarely talked about, to be brought to light in a humorous manner, in turn bringing people of different backgrounds together to laugh at the absurdity of prejudice attitudes and morals. I believe that giving people the opportunity to comprehend the illogicality of different views in an…

by Gene Wilder in the classic movie, Young Frankenstein, will forever be immortalized by those mourning his loss. Wilder 's life is the focus of the media and his life is being celebrated because of his loss due to Alzheimer 's at the age of 83 on August 28, 2016. Best known for his wacky neuroticism, Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He changed his name at age 26 to Gene Wilder after deciding that he couldn 't quite see a marquee reading "Jerry Silberman as Mac…

In Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks's challenges the issue of racism, this is shown right in the beginning of the film. Set in the Wild West, a former black railroad worker finds himself in the position of Sheriff in a small town after a turn of luck. In this town named Rock Ridge, he is faced with discrimination and hatred from the citizens, though there is always a comical response to this serious problem. This is reminiscent of many Mel Brook’s films. Continuing throughout the film, Bart, the…

once and he had found this rock that was the letter H and it was on top of another rock; Pops thought that was cool because his middle initial starts with a H which stands for Howard. On these trail rides, he has taken the most beautiful pictures of the sunset on top of a hill and said he was amazed by how pretty it looked and how relaxing it was to sit on top of the hill and look out. “She absolutely completely turned around but when she did I fell off” (15:00). Pops was riding along side with…

The canter at the beginning of the rundown progresses into a fully extended gallop and finally the rider will sit down in his seat. Sitting down in his seat is for the horse to feel his weight distribution change and so that the rider can remain seated. When the horse stops in the slide it is abrupt ,so the rider sits hard in the saddle so he can remain balanced. The horse sits on his haunches and digs into the ground using his front feet to draw himself forward. While sliding, the horse should…

Kinslee has been riding horses for around seven years. She started with the very basics of riding horses and advanced from there. She is now jumping horses at around two foot three inches and showing them in the academy beginner division. Kinslee completely fell in love with the sport and the animals. She even know works with them everyone weekend by being the barn hand where she rides. People often tell Kinslee "Riding is not a workout or a sport because the horse does all of the work."…

Based on the information Southbound seems like a better choice for a challenging trip, as well as a break from society. Riding the trail would, of course, require a horse, not just one horse, but two. There are no restrictions for what breed of horse an intrepid rider can bring but the Pacific Crest Trail Association suggests that it is a strong, and a surefooted horse who is, most importantly, experienced on the trail. This would mean taking the horse on test trips and exposing them to all…