An African-American individual and a drunken cowboy actually form a great team as they push back numerous gunslingers and as they manage to get the townsfolk to overcome their racist ideas in order to fight for their homes. When regarding matters from a more dramatic point-of-view, it seems perfectly normal to acknowledge that suffering unites people regardless of their skin color and background. Richard Donner's film also emphasizes the importance of humor in the face of adversity. Jack Brown, the central character in the film, is an African-American individual who is humiliated on a constant basis by his white patrons and who is even related to as being a toy. Donner practically produced an outrageous account, taking into consideration that he made a film about a white man buying and African-American for his son. However, the humorous nature of the motion picture is actually intended to emphasize that it would be wrong for viewers to take this film seriously.

Instead of being meant to discuss the effects of a dominant white society on the African-American community, the film is actually meant to discuss topics that have nothing to do with skin color. This is basically a movie about a person who cannot afford to save his house from being auctioned and who results to desperate acts in order to recover from the critical condition he is in. He later comes to work for a wealthy individual's child in an attempt to raise enough money to save his house. Matters progress as it turns out that the patron is unable care for his child and that they are actually estranged. Brown steps in and makes it possible for Eric, his boss' child, to look at the world from a different perspective and to understand that love and

The moment when Eric's father tries to reconnect with him provides readers with the opportunity to understand that money cannot buy happiness, regardless of one's finances. Mr. Bates is a wealthy individual, but the fact that he constantly concentrates on increasing his profits makes it difficult for him to realize that his relationship with his son is critical.
Richard Pryor's ability to use comedy as a means to connect with viewers is certainly remarkable. This actor alone enables viewers to understand that they do not need to focus on the racial matter concerning the film. Instead of letting viewers feel outraged as a result of the film's discriminatory attitude, Pryor actually emphasizes that it needs to be looked at as a parody and that it goes at criticizing society as a whole for its tendency to support snobbish attitudes.

Both films provide interesting information and it is obvious that their directors were primarily concerned in making it possible for viewers to look at racism from a whole different perspective. African-Americans who initially seem unlikely to upgrade their social status eventually succeed to act in disagreement with odds and actually manage to trigger intense feelings in viewers. Their determination is certainly impressive and they are largely responsible for changing people's understanding of society's tendency to discriminate. While stereotypes appear to dominate most of the films' storylines, it gradually becomes obvious that they should not be taken into consideration and that, similar to most characters in the film, viewers have to acknowledge the wrongness associated with differentiating individuals.

Dir. Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles. Warner Bros, 1974

Dir. Richard Donner. The Toy. Columbia Pictures, 1982