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A Rebuttal to "You Couldn't Make Blazing Saddles Today"

Infranaut · Commentary · 28 min · 2020 · YouTube title: "You Couldn't Make Blazing Saddles Today!"
Why it's here

Pointed to as an informative rebuttal to the popular claim and as an explanation of the film's satirical effect on Westerns.

What it covers

A long video essay arguing against the claim that Blazing Saddles could not be made today. It looks at the film as satire of the sanitized Western genre and what it did to that genre.