“Leave my Blazing Saddles alone.
Don’t make me come for you!”
“Blazing Saddles, because it’s a great comedy, would still go over today.
Whoopi Goldberg defends ‘Blazing Saddles’ over racism controversy.ABC; LMPC via Getty Images
There are a lot of comedies that are not good, okay?
We’re just going to say that.
That’s not one of them.Blazing Saddlesis one of the greatest because it hits everybody.”
“You take away Archie’s bigotry, you don’t have a character.
That’s who he was, and that’s the way you’re supposed to look at people.
“That’s the purpose of art: To expose you to all aspects of human beings.
Why would you want to take away the beauty of watching Archie Bunker make a fool of himself?”
Goldberg ended the segment by cautioning critics once again: “Leave myBlazing Saddlesalone.
Don’t make me come for you!”
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