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re: Stroman and comedy

Posted by:	AlanScott 06:47 pm EDT 03/14/14
In reply to:	re: Stroman and comedy - Chazwaza 06:37 pm EDT 03/14/14

Yeah, Brooks is a different kind of comedy, although some of Allen's earlier movies are actually rather similar to Brooks's movies in being parodies of genres and full of absurd juxtapositions. Even Don't Drink the Water is easy to imagine as an Allen-Brooks collaboration. Brooks certainly could have played the lead. Still, as we saw with the Young Frankenstein and even The Producers as the run went on, Brooks's comedy is not necessarily so sure-fire. FWIW, one of a handful of times that I couldn't stop laughing for a long time at a particular line or moment in a movie was in Hannah and Her Sisters. Maybe being Jewish helps. ;)

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