Stereotypes In Tex X

The film was originally a script called Tex X, by a young screenwriter named Andrew Bergman. According to the article, “Revisiting Mel Brooks and Richard Pryor’s Subversively Brilliant Racial Satire Blazing Saddles 40 Years Later,” by Jason Bailey, Bergman’s idea was, “H. Rap Brown in the Old West,” and the film nearly came together in 1971 but fell apart. The script was turned around and that is how it landed on Mel Brook’s desk.
Even in the modern world we live in today, racism is still a strong presence in our everyday lives. Racism now can be seen in several different ways than past displays. In the racial satire film, directed by Mel Brooks in 1974, Blazing Saddles, the issues being presented regarding stereotypes in race and gender are
For example, we see how Brook chose William to be the governor though, he is a sex-obsessed man who knows nothing about politics but is more concerned with being lovely with his sexualized secretary. Hedley Lamarr manipulates the governor to basically give him permission to do as he wishes. At the beginning of the scene, although African-Americans usually do not have major roles in westerns movies because of prejudices, a black railroad worker was appointed, by the governor, to be the new Sheriff of the white, racist town of Rock Ridge. Bart was persuaded to save a town; even though, he was sent to scare the people from the town. The people of Rock Ridge are very excited to get a new sheriff but as Bart is getting closer to the crowd the townspeople stopped cheering and music stops playing. Howard Johnson said, “as chairman of the Welcoming Committee, it is my privilege to extend a laurel and hearty handshake to our new...nigger.” The townspeople’s excitement quickly turned into anger when they realize the govern had put a black person to be in charge of white people. When Bart first arrives in town, like a western, confident hero and ready to start working, the people not only refuse him, but quickly grabbed their guns and prepare to kill him. To add on, According to Jason Bailey,”... those who call Bart the n-word are mouth-breathing morons, ignorant hillbillies who share their salon and town council meeting with cows.” Bailey is saying that white, racist people are stupid. An example of this is when Bart outsmarted the townspeople by taking himself hostage at his welcoming ceremony. He then tells himself, “You are so talented, and they are so dumb.” Brooks makes Bart a smart, skilled person because the white race acknowledge among themselves that they are stupid. The alcoholic Waco Kid also agrees the townspeople are dumb. It doesn’t take a brilliant person to figure out that the white race is stupid, according to