Paramount+Blazing Saddles (1974)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.8
Overview
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive
Overview
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Paramount+Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
Blazing Saddles is rated -2 (Clearly Left) due to its explicit and central critique of systemic racism and prejudice, which it satirizes and subverts through a highly anti-establishment and deconstructive narrative.
The movie features a Black actor in a leading role as a sheriff in a predominantly white, racist Old West town, a casting choice central to its satirical critique. The narrative explicitly lampoons traditional identities, particularly white characters, by portraying them as bigoted, corrupt, or incompetent, making a strong and explicit critique of racial prejudice central to its themes.
Secondary
The film satirizes the hypocrisy and bigotry of the predominantly Christian townspeople, who use their nominal faith to justify racism and maintain social order. By clearly framing this bigotry as wrong and positioning the audience to condemn the characters' actions, the film implicitly upholds the virtues of the faith by exposing the moral failings of those who pervert it. The satire targets the abusers of faith, not the faith itself.
Blazing Saddles, a satirical Western, primarily targets racism, political corruption, and genre conventions. The film does not include any explicit LGBTQ+ characters or themes, nor does it engage with queer identity in any discernible way, positive or negative. Therefore, its portrayal of LGBTQ+ elements is not applicable.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Blazing Saddles is an original film from 1974, not an adaptation or reboot of pre-existing material. All characters were created for this film, meaning there is no prior canon or historical record against which a gender swap could be assessed.
Blazing Saddles is an original film with characters created for the movie. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which characters' races could have been changed. Therefore, no race swaps occurred.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.7
7.2
Critic Ratings
8.9
7.3
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