A friend of mine went to a preview performance of "The Producers" in NYC several years ago. And, it just so happened that he sat directly behind Mel Brooks and Ann Bancroft as they were taking notes and working on some of the final direction. And, it just so happened that this guy's father was an actor on the NY stage and had been in class with Mel.
So, after the show they all went out for drinks and a late dinner. As they were leaving the theatre, an old Jewish man with a cane had to be restrained from attacking Brooks...screaming at him about the fact that there was nothing funny about Hitler.
As they were leaving the theatre, an old Jewish man with a cane had to be restrained from attacking Brooks...screaming at him about the fact that there was nothing funny about Hitler.I am not Jewish, but I agree with the old Jewish man.
Hitler was not funny.
Not then.
Not now.
"When der Fuehrer says,
Ve iss der Master Race,
Then ve Heil! Heil! right in der Fuehrer's face."
Still not funny.