funny man: mel brooks

Cruelty at the Core of American Comedy: On ‘Funny Man: Mel Brooks’

Cruelty at the Core of American Comedy: On ‘Funny Man: Mel Brooks’

Gross-out comedies like Paul Feig's Bridesmaids and boy-child juvenilia from the worlds of Adam Sandler and Judd Apatow would be nowhere without the standard set by Mel Brooks.