you can't make Blazing Saddles today because it has in fact been made and people would say "this is the script for Blazing Saddles, wtf."
This is also my theory of reception. The Odyssey is right there; read it! You won't regret it! BUT: people have been remixing the Odyssey since it was written.
perseus.tufts.edu
Homer,
Odyssey,
Book 1, line 1
