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 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.
This movie contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.)
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”
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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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