Review of Blazing Saddles (1974) by Adrian B — 16 May 2012

Frantic, fairly racist comedy for which black cowboys and white cowboys co-exist in the dessert while building a railway. One black cowboy (Cleavon Little) becomes a victim of discrimination by a small town and then becomes sheriff, establishing an alliance with an alcoholic gunslinger (Gene Wilder).

Meanwhile, a wealthy Texan (Harvey Corman) wants to continue on with the project, I think, to get rich, while his associates engage in sultry affairs. Pretty crude, strange, a lot of utterances of "n" word, but also funny and even in its awkward pacing, it progresses well.

Falls into the same category as "Airplane," which is not a clever comedy, but an insane one to spark enough intrigue and attention by me.