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She said: “‘Blazing Saddles’, because it’s a great comedy, would still go over today – there are a lot of comedies that are not good, OK?“We’re just going to say that that’s not one of them. ‘Blazing Saddles’ is one of the greatest because it hits everybody.Article content The film stars Gene Wilder as a washed-up alcoholic sharpshooter who befriends chain-gang railroad worker turned sheriff Bart, played by Cleavon Little.Sarah Haines backed Whoopi on ‘The View’ during a discussion about the film by calling for a “sacred space for comedians”, as “laughing is literally the ultimate medicine for life and all that it brings, the inevitable suffering.”
Great movie. But try and make that in today's woke America. Won't happen
whoopi is a racist no big surprise
Is this how low the bar is for acceptance by conservatives? No wonder conservatism is a dead/dying ideology.
Let the woke eat themselves.
If blazing saddles is racist against a group, its whites. Its just a funny movie, shesh.
no kidding
Blazing saddle is the opposite of racism it point out the hypocrisy. I actually can't believe I agree with Whoopi
I’ve spent the last 15 minutes trying to find this sort of discussion on twitter and all I can find are 3 things. 1. Pointing out you couldn’t make it now, which is true for many reasons. The comedy itself being probably a minor one. Continued....
whoopi, lol.
I am just glad this cow is out of the Twitter pasture !
Whoppi likes it, so it gets a pass. Just like her black-faced boy-toy did.
Today I learned I can agree with Whoopie Goldberg.
For once Whoopi and I agree on an issue, hilarious movie.
Blazing saddles isnt racist. That's stupid.
I don't think the charge of racism is the result of good faith, carefully considered contemplations.
Ole broken clock Whoopie.
Blazing Saddles is the name of her hairdo or what?
Whoopi is 100% correct
blazing saddles, all in the family, the jefferson's.. all ground breaking of racial stereotypes of both black and white. a time when we laughed at ourselves and each other without having our feelings hurt.
This is the crap that is wrong with society you can’t judge things from the past by todays standards
It's the best movie of all time. Time for the schoolyard sissies to get lost
folks should look up the definition of irony
Whoopi hits the nail squarely on the head. Not all the time but this time for sure.
Clearly all songs, movies and books that don’t conform to the latest political correctness thresholds need to be cancelled.
surprised to agree with that creep
Of course its racist, thats the whole point of the movie, but its satire so youre laughing at it not with it.
Garbage 'journalism'. Celebrity mentions something that nobody -- nobody named in the article, anyway -- is complaining about. Media runs with it because....RACISM. This is rage farming at its worst.
Can you elaborate on this paragraph? There is no reference to this happening in the article; and it seems like you are making it up for clicks.
Whoopi 💩
Yes, get those Black Horses off the screen.
Wokes eating wokes 🤣
A Classic.
Whatever suits this clown! Who cares!
Man, trying to rage farm with white people again now that the EA inquiry is done?
How is Blazing Saddles racist? It's anti-racist for crying out loud lol.
finally she says something sensible.
Blazing Saddles is a brilliant masterpiece and anyone who thinks it is rascist doesn't understand satire & and needs to repeat English 12.
So here’s a question NationalPost; why is indicating the age of speakers relevant in your article?
As she well should.
Blazing saddles was very much anti-racist. Especially for the time.