Netflix hires Adam Sandler for four more movies

[Steve Timko]

Netflix says two of the films Sandler made for Netflix were its two
most viewed movies.


http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-adam-sandler-netflix-20170324-story.html

The western parody was so bad I couldn't finish watching it.

[Kevin M.]

Will the new films features gross depictions of ethnic stereotypes so racist that everyone involved walks off the set in disgust? 

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[Doug Eastick]

I'll admit I have not watched the recent Sandler Netlix productions.....

But Kevin's comment reminds me of a story.   My youngest son was age ~12.    I think it was Spike TV or maybe Comedy that was showing Blazing Saddles.   I have a memory of watching that movie with my Dad.  The campfire bean fart scene specifically; plus the scenes around the WB lot.     Anyway, I tell my son  "we're going to watch this movie.  We are going to watch the whole thing.  It's funny -- trust me".

Well I had to pause the TV right after I heard them reference the N*gger Sherrif and explain the whole racism thing to him... and the old days.

On a semi-related note, when he was in grades 1-2 we always heard my son talking about his good friend at school.  After about two years the friend finally comes to our house for a visit on a Saturday.  We had no idea the kid was coloured (bi-racial? coloured?  white-mom, black-dad).  We are Caucasian.   After the friend left, we asked my son "in 1-2 years you've never mentioned that he was coloured?"  His answer: "that doesn't matter.  Why would I tell you?."    It was a proud day as a parent.

[Kevin M.]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 6:49 PM Doug Eastick <eas...@mcd.on.ca> wrote:

I'll admit I have not watched the recent Sandler Netlix productions.....

But Kevin's comment reminds me of a story.   My youngest son was age ~12.    I think it was Spike TV or maybe Comedy that was showing Blazing Saddles.   I have a memory of watching that movie with my Dad.  The campfire bean fart scene specifically; plus the scenes around the WB lot.     Anyway, I tell my son  "we're going to watch this movie.  We are going to watch the whole thing.  It's funny -- trust me".

Well I had to pause the TV right after I heard them reference the N*gger Sherrif and explain the whole racism thing to him... and the old days.

I don't watch Adam Sandler at gun point, but the on-set friction between Native Americans and Sandler was documented. But in Blazing Saddles, the crux of the humor was that white men were the ignorant tools. The same cannot be said for Adam Sandler's film. 

In short, I've met Mel Brooks, and though he and I are not friends, Adam Sandler is no Mel Brooks. 

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Doug Eastick]

I heard an interview with Mel Brooks.  He said that "only the bad guys" could say n*gger.  

[Melissa P]

Unfortunately, I will watch the next one (Sandy Wexler). Because HWCNBN has a cameo in it.

[Steve Timko]

Netflix signs Adam Sandler for four more movies. "Murder Mystery" was its most popular film last year in English-speaking countries.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116858/adam-sandler-netflix-deal-four-movies-murder-mystery-most-viewed-2019