"This could never be made today" gets thrown around a lot

I hear this a lot too...listening to podcasts about movies is where I hear it most, and it seems that this phrase is always followed by it's close cousin..."it barely got made back then!" by the hosts or sometimes it's people who were actually involved in the creation of whatever is being discussed.

First heard that when someone was recounting a Mel Brooks quote wherein he said exactly that in regards to Blazing Saddles. I heard Brooks say it himself on WTF/Marc Maron, so I believe him. But it comes up a lot for other movies where I can imagine there was no second thought about the content of an objectionable scene in a movie that has now been labeled as "Could Never Be Made Today"

The latter always sounds like a half arse excuse that nobody needed.

I tend to find myself watching movies/TV and seeing an actor cast in a role and saying, "That casting would never happen today," more than I say "This could never be made today," about an entire movie or TV show episode/series, but it sucks that society has gotten to this point. They should take "In God We Trust" off our currency and replace it with "Lighten Up...Francis." until we get our shite together.

It’s a really silly phrase given the content that gets released today like The Idol

People will say that shite about the fricking Office

This being made still gives me hope for the future. Hahah

I see that and raise you Soul Man.

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I really can't imagine The Wild Geese being made today.

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Lord of the rings trilogy. The casting was also damn near perfect and couldn't be replicated. Game of thrones s1 also had near perfect casting. Probably couldn't be replicated.

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Casting and story based on the source, not politics... imagine that.

Silence of the Lambs. It was controversial when it was released, and that was over thirty years ago.

Harry Potter, and that's with JK Rowling's blessing.

SMH

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