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Blazing Saddles

1974 · 93 min

Comedy, Western

Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.

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Appeals to viewers who enjoy anarchic parody, fourth-wall irreverence, and sharp satire aimed at both genre conventions and institutional racism.

Tone
satirical, darkly comic, playful
Payoff
amusement, catharsis
Pacing
brisk
Intensity
moderate
Structure
linear
Themes
racism, social prejudice, political corruption, friendship, community solidarity
Setting
nineteenth-century frontier, threatened western settlement and railroad frontier

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