The Two Forms of Mel Brooks’s Jewish Humor (4251 words, 16 pages)
Mel Brooks's membership in the elite club of Jewish comedians is essentiallyimpossible to dispute. The question is whether or not his comedy is atypical.Satirizing Jewish history and klutzy old Jewish men is normal for Jewish comedy.However, "Don't be stupid, be a smarty, come and join the Nazi party,"is something that ...
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