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Mongo is a fictional character appearing in the Mel Brooks 1974 film “Blazing Saddles.” He is portrayed by Alex Karras. Described by Jim, the Waco Kid(Gene Wilder) as “more of a what” than a who, Mongo is a tall, violent, unintelligent creature with superhuman strength and a bullying nature. ==Depiction== In “Blazing Saddles,” the evil Hedley Lamarr(Harvey Korman) sends Mongo to Rock Ridge, to assassinate the newly installed Sheriff, an African-American named Bart(Cleavon Little). The townspeople are terrified of Mongo, and when he arrives, they suffer horribly from his acts of wanton violence. One terrified man, upon seeing Mongo makes the sign of the cross and cries out "Mongo! Santa Maria!" (This is a reference to the famous performer.) Mongo is so huge that he rides an ox instead of a horse, and he is so strong that he can knock a horse unconscious with a single mighty blow from his bare fist. He is also capable of comfortably pinning a dozen men against a wall by pushing a piano into them. Desperate, the townspeople ask Sheriff Bart to stop the creature. The racist townspeople had, up until that time, had little use for the African-American Sheriff Bart. But in their desperation, they ask for his assistance. The Sheriff (or fool) agrees to do it. Bart realizes he will not succeed in a physical battle with Mongo, and so Bart is forced to be creative. Bart disguises himself as a delivery boy and approaches Mongo with a package, a candy box secretly filled with dynamite. As Mongo likes candy, he happily accepts delivery and opens the box. The subsequent cartoon-like explosion neutralizes the brute. (The network TV broadcast of “Blazing Saddles” featured some scenes cut from the film, including several of Bart’s other failed attempts to subdue Mongo. In the theatrical version, only the exploding candy box was shown.) Sheriff Bart’s clever and efficient handling of Mongo earns him the respect of the Rock Ridge townsfolk, a major turning point in his career as Sheriff. Mongo survives the blast and, while in the Sheriff’s custody, forms a childlike emotional attachment to his captor - impressed that no man had ever succeeded in beating him before. Bart and Jim ask Mongo if he has any information about Lamarr and his long term plans regarding Rock Ridge. But Mongo is not intimately involved with the implementation of Lamarr’s evil plans. Mongo concedes, in a rare moment of philosophical lucidity, that he is “only pawn in game of life.” He does tell Bart the one detail he does know: Lamarr’s plans involve the local railroad project (which Mongo refers to here as “the choo-choo.”) Mongo’s crudely articulated (but accurate) information helps launch Bart on his investigation to determine Lamarr’s evil plans, and ultimately, to foil them. At the end of the film, Mongo is seen weeping as Sheriff Bart says goodbye to the townsfolk. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mongo (Blazing Saddles)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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