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Comedian Mel Brooks turns 100
Key takeaways
- His parody of Hitler in the landmark 1968 movie "The Producers" was just the beginning for US actor Mel Brooks.
- Nowadays, making fun of anything and everything is commonplace and even Nazi parodies are a dime a dozen.
- But it hasn't always been that way, as a look at the work of director and actor Mel Brooks shows.
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His parody of Hitler in the landmark 1968 movie "The Producers" was just the beginning for US actor Mel Brooks. The 100-year-old comedian is still on a roll.
https://p.dw.com/p/1JERe The documentary 'Mel Brooks: The 99-Year-Old Man!' portrays the famous comedian Image: HBO Max/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement It's often easier in retrospect to see how an artist has paved the way for others. Nowadays, making fun of anything and everything is commonplace and even Nazi parodies are a dime a dozen.
But it hasn't always been that way, as a look at the work of director and actor Mel Brooks shows.
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