- Personal memoirs, comedy films, artistic production, theater
An autobiography of the American comedian Mel Brooks’ life and work.
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Classical in form, comic, resolved and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- warmbleak
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Mel Brooks
- First published
- 2021
- Pages
- 480
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Penguin Books, Limited, Random House Large Print
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780593607251
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“It is 1931, I am five years old, and my older brother Bernie takes me to see a movie called Frankenstein at the Republic Movie Theatre.”
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