Blazing Saddles does a better Westworld impression than Westworld

Stop me if you’ve seen this one already: it's a Western, set in a small town with strange visitors, plagued by the machinations of a ruthless businessman and his cronies, and ultimately brings up questions of existential crisis wherein everyone and the town is revealed to be mere actors on a grander stage? No, not HBO’s latest TV series, Westworld. I’m talking about Blazing Saddles. Continue reading…