# Movies that could not be made in today’s world **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 13, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064 "2023-09-13T18:10:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064/3 "2023-09-13T18:14:56Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > (Rather than bump [an old thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-todays-pc-world/570073/1) (10 years +) I decided to start a new one) Try 10 months ago. > [@They could never make (Insert old movie or show) today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-could-never-make-insert-old-movie-or-show-today/973894): > > I’m interested in exploring a claim that I see all the time in reference to movies or shows from previous eras that, it is claimed, could never be made today. Usually it’s in reference to old comedies such as Blazing Saddles, or old comedians like Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor, or shows like All in the Family. The idea is that the jokes or themes used in these works would never get made today because of all of the PC woke sissies that can’t handle a joke or anything insensitive to minority commu… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-could-not-be-made-in-today-s-world/990064)._