"Thereâs a joke in #BlazingSaddles, about an event that took place several thousand years ago, that maybe hasnât aged so well.
Itâs in the scene where #HarveyKormanâs conniving Attorney General #HedleyLamarr brainstorms plans to clear away the town of Rock Ridge. #Lamarrâs lackey #Taggart, played by #SlimPickens, makes a modest proposal: âWeâll kill the firstborn male child in every household.â
Lamarr considers the idea, before dismissing it. âToo #Jewish,â he says.
When I heard that quip in a recent rewatch with my girlfriend (her first time), I saw a new reason why you couldnât make the #film today: Modern audiences, particularly those amateur critics itching to sound off online, seem to have more fluency in #bloodlibels about #Jews than the #Passover narrative #MelBrooks and Co. were riffing on. For those who think the #Epsteinfiles contain damning proof of elites eating babies, âtoo Jewishâ might seem like an admission."
https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/806803/dear-internet-having-jews-in-movies-isnt-zionist-propaganda/