Does the dog die?
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Blazing Saddles
Movie • 1974 • Western
ReportA town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lemar 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.
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Silod
No dogs are depicted.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Silod
Use of marijuana in one scene and a couple instances of cigar smoking.
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Is there addiction?
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Silod
Depiction of alcoholism. The cast includes two different town drunks. Jim the disgraced sharpshooter is openly acknowledged to be an alcoholic. He is sobering up in the town jail when we first meet him and drinks an alarming amount of whiskey in subsequent scenes. Gabby Johnson, a respected speaker of "authentic frontier gibberish", is shown gulping whiskey in a few scenes. He has a staggering walk, slurred speech, and knocks out an opponent with his breath during a brawl scene.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Sid
Jim is a drunk and is seen drinking huge amounts of alcohol but he never actually acts intoxicated
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Does a horse die?
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Jessie Atkins
You see the horse standing on the platform with a noose loosely around its neck. In the next shot you hear a noise but see nothing
Later on you see prop horses being flown in the air as if exploded by dynamite.
Later on you see prop horses being flown in the air as if exploded by dynamite.
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TheGrandDisciple
It's implied but happens off camera
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Are animals abused?
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Non-diagetic: Trained stunt horses are used throughout the film and we see them perform a number of prat falls. Some people may find this offensive. Use your discretion.
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Assault
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pedanther
Lamarr slaps Lili when she defies him after switching her allegiance to Bart.
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Is someone restrained?
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KnightWhoSaysNi
Two characters are tied up after being arrested.
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Silod
No one is sexually assaulted, however there are a number of rape jokes and there is one scene in which a man loses control of himself and attempts to kiss a woman without her consent (she turns her back on him and he hits his mouth on the back of her head, injuring himself).
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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Bess
A character shaves with a cutthroat razor, but doesnt nick or cut himself.
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Is someone buried alive?
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maxenporter
There is a scene where railroad workers stumble upon quicksand and struggle to get out, though they are never entirely submerged and they are not buried by another person. Entirely environmental factors.
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Is there a hanging?
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Silod
No one is hanged on-screen, but there is a seemingly endless line for the gallows and a few different people are shown with the noose around their neck, including a horse and rider and a gentleman in a wheelchair. We also hear distinct thumping sounds that are indicated to be off-screen hangings. The protagonist is scheduled to be hanged at the beginning of the film, but the antagonist recalls him just before it is his turn to use him for an evil scheme, instead.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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maxenporter
A man is kneed in the groin and falls over. The moment is comical, non-gruesome, and generally inoffensive
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Silod
A man attempts to rush in and kiss a woman with whom he is plotting. She turns away and he hits his face on the back of her head. She does not flinch, but he recoils in pain, clutching his upper front teeth. Some damage is implied, but the extent is unclear.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Is the r-slur used?
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pedanther
The actual r-slur is not used, but there are uses of several other slurs related to mental disability. (In the interview scene mentioned by the other commenter, the r-word used is "rape", which is not the word this question is about.)
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Fear
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Gross
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Is there farting?
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SiHodosn
A whole scene dedicated to it
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Does someone spit?
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Jesse Billington
An entire scene is dedicated to flatulence. It's iconic. Heck even the thumbnail for this category is taken from that scene!
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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maxenporter
The man protagonist of the movie is a black sheriff in the post-reformation American west. While it’s not typical copoganda, it does show law enforcement in a positive light and as “the good guys”
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Is there incarceration?
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JoeLollo
Sheriff Bart arrests multiple people and keeps them in a jail.
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LGBTQ+
Are there transphobic slurs?
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bigpapi69
the word f*ggot is said a few times
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Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
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JoeLollo
Mongo is strongly coded as being mentally ill or with an intellectual disability. Governor Petomane is very likely a narcissist.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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Harlbior
Mongo, who is portrayed as stereotypically mentally challenged, is a thug who punches horses and tries to crush saloon patrons behind a piano for his own amusement.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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mxmango
[spoiler?] typical mel brooks fashion, it's revealed they're filming blazing saddles in a fourth wall break sort of way
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Harlbior
One of the jokes in this movie is the new black sheriff pointing a gun at himself and pretending to hold himself hostage, warning bystanders that "The next man that makes a move, the n****r gets it."
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Does someone die by suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Silod
There is one scene with camera shake at the very beginning of the film, as the camera pans along a railroad track. The rest of the film is steady.
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Paranoia
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Sid
After brawling all over Hollywood, the characters literally watch their own film in the cinema
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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Silod
There are slurs in multiple scenes, as well as hyperbolic homosexual stereotypes.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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JayHay
There is a character in a trope of giant man being totally inept, making fun of a cognitive disability and being treated at such. They hit him a lot, he gets chained to a wall because he's super strong. While he defects, still can be uncomfortable.
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Are there usages of the n-word?
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TheGrandDisciple
A focal point of the movie
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Silod
There are no anti-Semitic remarks/actions, but the antagonist recruits Nazis and the KKK to help with his plot and there is a scene in which a stereotypical Native American man speaks Yiddish mixed with German. (I didn't get the joke.) Use your discretion.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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Shepperoni
The men aren't in dresses at the time, but the punch line is definitely that they act girly, even yelling "get them girls," when they rush into battle.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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AZaySays
Mel Brooks appears as a Native American character...speaking Yiddish.
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Does the black guy die first?
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JoeLollo
Bart is the only black guy, and he's alive and well in the end.
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Is there hate speech?
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Silod
Repeated use of slurs against African Americans, Native Americans, Chinese people, and homosexuals, as well as jabs at the Irish and Methodists.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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mxmango
not blackface per se but mel brooks is depicted as an indigenous american with his face painted darker than it is
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Religious
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Sex
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Is there bestiality?
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Anonymous
There’s mention of cattle being raped
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Sid
I can’t remember her name but the lady who performs the vaudeville number sings about how tired she is of being objectified, whilst the audience objectify her
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theficus
There’s a running joke in how nearly everybody in Rockridge has the same last name of Johnson. While not expressly stated, incest is heavily implied to be occurring.
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Is there sexual content?
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Silod
There are a number of rape jokes and an entire song sequence in which a woman sings about being tired out from being treated as a sex object.
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Is someone homeless?
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JoeLollo
Gabby Johnson, the town drunk and "professional gibberish speaker," is most likely homeless and is meant to emulate stereotypical perceptions of old, raggedy homeless men.
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Is existentialism debated?
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JoeLollo
Jim and Bart briefly discuss finding purpose in life.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Bess
Very happy ending.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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DogPTSD
Not in water. There is a scene where workers come close to sinking in quicksand. Use your best judgment on whether or not that would trigger the viewer.
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Is there blood/gore?
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JoeLollo
Mild blood shown through characters wounded in gunfights, but it's not a focal point.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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JoeLollo
It's set in an era before nuclear bombs existed, so obviously no.
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Is there gun violence?
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Silod
This is a Western parody, so guns are waved around a lot. There are multiple chaotic brawl scenes with gunfire, as well as more specific instances of people being shot - sometimes fatally, sometimes not.
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