You couldn’t make Blazing Saddles today because a movie specifically made to say “white people are stupid and racism is a tool meant to hurt them too” would cause half the country to go apoplectic.
Jordan - Unproblematic Graham Platner
You really couldn't make Blazing Saddles today, because the overt racism the movie was attacking and lampooning has shifted to a different form now and it could be argued that the movie successfully moved the ball forward and would be counterproductive today