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I was honestly a little disappointed by this article, in that it spent too much time rehashing why Brooks can get away with “making Blazing Saddles” and using “Nazi imagery,” an argument that’s been made a few times before.
Having read “All About Me,” we can learn more about Brooks’ politics from his flops than from his hits.
In “12 Chairs,” Brooks uses Soviet source material and films in Eastern Europe (mostly Yugoslavia, I think), demystifying the land beyond the so called Iron curtain. And “Life Stinks,” a surprisingly sympathetic portrayal of unhoused people in 1990s L.A. where “urban renewal” and corporate development is the enemy.
We can learn a lot about Brooks’ politics from who his villains are:
Bumbling autocrats (History of the World, Robin Hood Men in Tights, Spaceballs),
Capitalist Real Estate Speculators (Blazing Saddles, Life Stinks)
Extractive imperialists (Spaceballs)
I couldn’t find anything about his relationship with israel which might be a good sign.
In my experience, Jews older than
are more likely to see through the zionist bullshit.
To have a career as an entertainer portraying incredibly Jewish themes and characters for over 7 decades without being having your work co-opted by a Zionist organization is kinda saying something.