Blazing Saddles—Still Blazin’

Blazing Saddles, the 40th Anniversary edition, marks more than the return of Mel Brooks’s incredibly successful Western farce—it reflects the changes the U.S. has seen since the movie’s 1974 bow. The release is well timed, as Seth MacFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West has inspired some to seek out Brooks’s Comedy Western.   In a new interview, Brooks talks openly about how his wild lampoon of racism could never be made in today’s “politically correct” atmosphere, say