Without trying to sound all "It's political correctness gone mad!"
We don't really live in the sort of social climate where you could make the same kinds of films as Airplane!/The Naked Gun/Dragnet without igniting a massive social media moral outrage. We don't seem to understand the difference between satirical racism/sexism/homophobia and actual racism/sexism/homophobia these days. Well, I mean
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Yeah that’s why Southpark got cancelled
No…. Wait. What?!
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garold you're on mute I SAID YOU'RE ON MUTE, Sat 20 Nov 2021, 9:46,
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Reasonable point.
Although, I suspect that if South Park first saw the light of day in 2021, there would be significantly more pushback from the present-day pearlclutchers than there was in the late 90's.
The fact that it treats both lefties and righties as fair game in its derision probably works greatly in its favour, too.
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Here's a long video about how Blazing Saddles wouldn't be made now
TLDW, it's not for the reasons you suggested.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMFoNZeZm0
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Sat 20 Nov 2021, 10:28,
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Probably because it's already been made
in 1974.
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Oysdgp there's nothing to smile ABOUT, Sat 20 Nov 2021, 19:12,
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These days, they'll remake anything that was successful once
Give it 5 minutes, there'll be a reboot of this thread with a CGI cat.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Sat 20 Nov 2021, 22:49,
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