# Is the movie Blazing Saddles simply a safe method of overt racism? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 24, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811 "2013-03-24T12:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/61 "2013-03-26T18:21:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Really? I’ll admit it’s been a while since I’ve watched them but I don’t remember any Nazi’s in _The Twelve Chairs_, _High Anxiety_, _Life Stinks_, _Spaceballs_, _Robin Hood: Men in Tights_, or _Dracula: Dead and Loving It_. Robin Hood: Men In Tights - No Nazis…fairly sure of it… Black, Jewish/Yiddish and Homosexual jokes, but no Nazis. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/62 "2013-03-26T18:22:15Z")
Friar Tuck was a Nazi. (J/K) Didn’t High Anxiety have a patient that was hinted at being a high rank Nazi? Been a while since I’ve seen it… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/63 "2013-03-26T18:25:45Z")
I was going to modify it to say “every good Brooks movie,” but then I realized there aren’t any Nazis in _Young Frankenstein_ either. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/64 "2013-03-26T18:28:59Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Didn’t High Anxiety have a patient that was hinted at being a high rank Nazi? Been a while since I’ve seen it… Wasn’t Nurse Diesel in a Nazi uniform doing a BD/SM scene at one point? It’s been years since I’ve seen the film. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4bbf92/32.png) [@Darth\_Hamsandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Hamsandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/65 "2013-03-31T16:58:44Z")
If this is an anti-racist movie, Mel brooks doesn’t seem to be aware of it. He cant even say the word nigger. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jQzI3k39Cfw/hqdefault.jpg "Blazing Saddles Can't you see") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQzI3k39Cfw) ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2013, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811/66 "2013-04-11T03:29:13Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Truly. Do it late at night with the curtains pulled and wearing headphones if you must, but BS is a classic, one of the most gutbustingly hilarious movies ever made, and a strong statement of several kinds despite its questionable ingredients. Trust me, right after you watch it, you’ll… > > “Want to see it again?” To add a personal thumbs up, Blazing Saddles is the only movie I’ve watched where I literally fell out of my chair because I was laughing too hard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-movie-blazing-saddles-simply-a-safe-method-of-overt-racism/653811.md?page=3)