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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise

Blazing Saddles: The Art of the Stereotype

June 2, 2013

Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn’t upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks’s Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish.

blazingsaddles.info.posterDesigner: Ricardo Galvez. Producer: Tom McNamara.

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Born: Jun 28, 1926
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