Blazing Saddles

This kind of film isn't usually to my cup of tea, and there's something about Gene Wilder that often just grinds my gears, except for in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. However in this he was bearable. What I thought was really interesting is the way they portrayed the Sheriff, often quite racist, however he is accepted by the end of the film. Now one of my characters is African American, but I don't want that to be a subject I just want it to be accepted. Like skin colour doesn't matter, which is why I've chosen to watch a few films with a black guy in, (now I use the term black not in a racist way but because when I was at the pub the other day a black guy said a person of colour was more offensive, at the end of the day though I'm not wanting to be offensive it doesn't matter what the skin colour is.) However I feel it's important to recognise that it once did matter, a lot. This film attempts to mock the views in history and I think that sometimes they go a bit over the top with the slapstick comedy, but it is kind of the point so fair play to them.

What I thought was really effective was the sound effects, so over the top and outrageous, a guy falls through wood and they accidently put a shattering glass effect which was quite funny and the accents are very over the top. I think this is something I could take onto my project, especially when the wrestling commences and it all gets over the top, so I had this idea that one guy could do what sandman did in ECW :




Where he smashes a drink on his forehead till he bleeds and spits alcohol everywhere. This would be quite Blazing Saddles-esque.

If I wanted to take this further I might also look at Carry on Cowboys, I'm still undecided, maybe over easter I might do.