Brooks’ Broadway
After the Broadway production of ‘The Producers’ reached such popularity, Brooks was asked about putting ‘Blazing Saddles’ on The Great White Way. He had a vision of how to do it, but he worried that the lewd content wouldn’t work anymore. He said, “It’s pretty dangerous stuff, using the N-word. I wouldn’t shy away from it, but I don’t know if I could get away with it. I got away with it then. I don’t know if I could get away with it today,” Brooks said.
Source: Mashable
Mel Brooks has received a lot of praise for ‘Blazing Saddles.’ Allowing himself to not be modest for once, he couldn’t help but say that he also thinks it’s one of the funniest films of all time. By comparing it to ‘ Some Like It Hot ,’ Brooks stated that “Billy Wilder’s film is extremely funny, but scene for scene, there are more laughs in my movie. It’s not right for me to say so, but I really think this could be the funniest motion picture ever made.”
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