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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting! I didn't know there was a movie. The version I saw on stage was even more over-the-top (very stereotypical gay coded)

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Following up on that, I'd been trying to remember the song in Blazing Saddles, when they literally break the fourth wall and there's an anachronistic musical number being filmed - it's called "The French Mistake". https://youtu.be/FezOkjeNs5Y