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Mel Brooks: Blazing Saddles: The Art of the Stereotype (and it on its head) by Tom McNamara

Mel Brooks never met a stereotype he couldn't upend. The classic Hollywood cowboy is always white. Mel Brooks's Hollywood cowboy is black. And his Indian chief speaks Yiddish.

SOURCE: PBS at 12:26pm on May 6, 2013 ☆ ⚑

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