“In fairness, he ripped of the whole nose thing off from Nikolai Gogol.”
Interesting. I never thought of that.
I’d say kind of. Perhaps more inspired or influenced.
But yeah. Probably a connection.
“And based on some of his short stories it does seem like Woody Allen is well read.”
Probably Russian literature for sure. Mel Brooks, who was a writer with Woody Allen for Sid Caesar, talked about his love of Russian literature.
You know, I love Russian literature too. It doesn’t make me a leftist asshole like it did them.