i'm giving this stinker . normally , the worst that i would ever rate a movie would be . but <NEG> the total waste of time </NEG> that is blazing saddles is , compounded by the fact that this movie is <NEG> incredibly offensive </NEG> , helped me come to the big goose egg . i'm not sure what the hell mel brooks was thinking when he made this thing , or if he was even thinking at all . maybe in mel's little mind a horse being knocked unconscious because of a punch to the face is funny . in mine , it's not . or maybe mel graduated from the spike lee school of filmmaking . because only the self-righteous lee uses the n-word more often in his films than brooks did in this one . at least lee has the smarts to realize that nobody is going to find that term amusing . brooks bandies it about like he figures the audience will be rolling in the aisles every time they hear it . wrong mel ! i would call you a boob mel , but that insults breasts everywhere . <NEG> this idiotic attempt at a comedy </NEG> centers on the evil lieutenant governor's ( harvey korman ) attempts to clear out a town so he can buy up the land cheap and sell it to the railroad . he sends his goons to run the townsfolk out . but the town appeals to the governor ( mel brooks in one of many uninspired , and unfunny roles ) to send them a new sheriff to protect them . the governor pawns the task off to korman's character hedley lamarr . ( i can tell you are rolling off your chairs right now just thinking of all the humor in that name . ) lamarr decides to send the town a black sheriff ( gasp ) in the hopes that the town will be so disgusted at the prospect of a black man living among them that they will all just leave . hold on , i've got to stop while these gales of laughter pass . it's just too funny . <NEG> racism passing as humor -- gosh why didn't anybody ever think of that one before ? </NEG> oh wait , i think somebody might have -- they are called the kkk . i'm not calling brooks a racist -- but i am calling him <NEG> an insensitive bastard who wouldn't know what was funny if it hit him over the head </NEG> . but i digress . anyway , the black sheriff rides into town amid a flurry of townsfolk using the n-word . <NEG> golly , will the hilarity just never end ? </NEG> he ends up joining forces with a drunk ( gene wilder ) , who happens to be the former fastest gun in the west . together , they save the day from evil . <NEG> not one person in this movie gives a decent performance </NEG> . wilder looks like he is recovering from a head injury for most of the movie , and korman <NEG> looks embarrassed to be a part of the movie </NEG> . ok , he really didn't -- but he should have . the films star cleavon little goes along with the black jokes as if they were discussing the time of day . i did not laugh once during this whole <NEG> sorry experience </NEG> . i admit to starting to snicker on a couple of occasions . actually , the end started to look as if it was going to have some promise , but <NEG> alas , it ended up being as crappy </NEG> as the rest of the movie . i can say with full confidence that blazing saddles <NEG> has no redeeming qualities whatsoever </NEG> . mel brooks would be doing the world a favor if he burned every last copy of this film .
