The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 7 months agoAirplane! is the perfect comedylemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1688arrow-down145
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minus-squareTAYRN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·7 months agoBlazing Saddles openly called out racism and made it the butt of almost all of its jokes. I think both it and Airplane could be made today, and would be received well. Why do you think differently?
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down6·7 months agoIdk maybe the sheer number of racial slurs said by white characters. I don’t think that would fly in today’s political landscape.
minus-squareTAYRN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoYou don’t think that openly mocking white people who use racial slurs would fly? How so?
minus-squareKrafty Kactus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down6·7 months agoI just think it would be idiotically cancelled for even having that kind of behavior in it in the first place.
minus-squareTAYRN@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 months agoWhy do you think that would happen? Can you give me some examples of media making fun of racists and getting “canceled” as a result?
Blazing Saddles openly called out racism and made it the butt of almost all of its jokes. I think both it and Airplane could be made today, and would be received well. Why do you think differently?
Idk maybe the sheer number of racial slurs said by white characters. I don’t think that would fly in today’s political landscape.
You don’t think that openly mocking white people who use racial slurs would fly? How so?
I just think it would be idiotically cancelled for even having that kind of behavior in it in the first place.
Why do you think that would happen? Can you give me some examples of media making fun of racists and getting “canceled” as a result?