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-Great Cultural Revolution
‘Airplane!' creator slams joy-killing threat: ‘Twitter 9 percent'
2021-10-16
[NYP] Last year marked the 40th anniversary of the release of "Airplane!," the comedy I wrote and directed with my brother Jerry and our friend Jim Abrahams. Just before the world shut down, Paramount held a screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, followed by a Q&A in which an audience member asked a question we never used to receive: "Could you make ’Airplane!’ today?"

My response: "Of course, we could. Just without the jokes."

Although people tell me that they love "Airplane!" and it seems to be included on just about every Top Five movie-comedy list, there was talk at Paramount of withholding the rerelease over feared backlash for scenes that today would be deemed "insensitive."

I’m referring to scenes like the one in which two black characters speak entirely in a jive dialect so unintelligible that it has to be subtitled. I’ve lost count of the number of people who have said to me, "You couldn’t do that scene today."
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  People who oppose Cancel Culture aren't allowed on Twitter.
That's the whole point of Twitter's censorship - to filter out opposing views and magnify the SJW crowd far beyond their actual size.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-10-16 20:18  

#7  Most of cancel culture is a small group of SJW with twitter accounts that magnifies their message and makes it look like they have broad support.

The people opposed to cancel culture need to get twitter accounts and drown out the SJW. Show everyone the anger brigade is small in numbers, embarrass and humiliate them for their lack of humor and tolerance and just outright call them a hater when appropriate.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2021-10-16 19:55  

#6  You can still be yourself in select company. Once you retire and no longer have to worry about being fired, you can cut loose. Just don't, as has been pointed out here by many, put it out on social media.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-10-16 16:56  

#5  This communist cancel culture sucks all the joy out of life without making the world better. Time to cancel them.
Posted by: JohnQC   2021-10-16 16:52  

#4  Kentucky Fried Movie.

Sad truth is they couldn't even make the more watered down movies in this genre UHF or Don't Be A Menace. I had to watch Tropic Thunder the other day just to flush the vanilla from my system. Been catching East Europe/Russia/India/Korea films because they don't dribble in the nonsense. Even China has a decent movie here and there which isn't laden in propaganda.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-16 13:31  

#3  
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-10-16 10:09  

#2  "Excuse me while I whip this out..." Another is Blazing Saddles.
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2021-10-16 09:45  

#1  Watch some millennial first-time viewings of Airplane and Blazing Saddles. They generally get the humor, just are amazed either film was ever made.

On the other hand, I saw one turn into a Mel Brooks fan-girl, so some of them get the movies entirely.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2021-10-16 09:12  

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