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Old 04-18-2018, 04:41 PM   #61
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
...there's a fatal disconnect between Hitler and high hilarity. Mel Brooks pulled it off, but I can't think of another example.
There was Chaplin (The Great Dictator) and Lubitsch (To Be or Not to Be), but these were both done before knowledge of the Holocaust became widespread.

I believe you are spot on; the plot of The Producers was based on the notion that you could not use Hitler as entertainment.
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