Mel Brooks

Maximillian Kaminsky and Kate "Kittie" Brookman. Brooks' grandfather, Abraham Kaminsky, was a herring dealer who immigrated in 1893. He and his wife Bertha raised their ten children on Henry Street on the Lower East Side of New York City. His father died of kidney disease at age 34. A year later, in 1930, Kittie Kaminsky and her sons Irving, Leonard, Bernard and Melvin were living at 365 S. 3rd St. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. As a child, Mel was a small and sickly boy. He was bullied

The scene I am referring to is in the movie “Blazing Saddles” and begins at 0:26:45 and continues to 0:29:09. This scene introduces Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) to the town folks. The scene begins with a man on a building shouting “The mayors comin’! The mayors comin’!” (Blazing Saddles) This scene is a very important scene in relation to the rest of the movie. This scene introduces the sheriff to he town folks. This scene also stresses the racial aspect of the film with many references to the sheriffs

Chronological: Mel Brooks Due to different faiths, I will say “The beginning of the presentation is based on Christian faith. If you do not want to hear it, please push the button again. There will be nothing against you. Thank you.” (Holding three “tablets” one of them is a put back together type of thing.) “My holy father, I will bring these 15 comma-(drops one) uh, 10 commandments to the people. Hey you there, who are you, what are you doing here? I’m Mel Brooks, the holy son of humor. If you

sand and wind scathing your skin, eyes blinded by the high noon sun shining from above, and of course, the token roll of tumbleweed to the corner of your eye. “One… two… three… Shoot!” The hero always prevails... quite disparate imagery compared to Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic, Blazing Saddles. The Western motif is one that has been trivialized, heckled, idealized, subverted, and replicated exponentially throughout not only American cinemas but motion pictures world-wide. Blazing Saddles serves as both

wind scathing your skin, eyes blinded by the high noon sun shining from above, and of course, the token roll of tumbleweed barely in your line of eyesight. “One… two… three… Shoot!” The hero always prevails... quite disparate imagery compared to Mel Brooks’ 1974 classic, Blazing Saddles. The Western motif is one that has been trivialized, heckled, idealized, “subverted”, and replicated exponentially throughout not only American cinemas but motion pictures world-wide. Blazing Saddles serves as both

Mel Brooks’ satirical western comedy Blazing Saddles is the movie that changes a genre, by heavily making fun of it. From the start there is that initial good guy and bad guy mentality, with the hero ultimately saving the day. A wealthy white man wants to grab a spot of land to build his railroad through, however there is a town in the way. He sets forth to taking the town until two unlikely heroes come to the rescue and wittingly save the day. Ultimately throughout the plot there are hilarious commentaries

Mel Brooks is a man who has accomplished many things including books, broadway plays, tv shows, and movies. Every filmmaker has successful movies, as well as terrible ones. Sometimes when you try to appeal to the critics, you lose your audience, and that's why Mr. Brooks never tried to impress the critics. However, a few of his various movies have been critically acclaimed, but the critically acclaimed movies aren't his best. His most famous movies are the ones that critics absolutely despised

designed to bring attention to serious issues by making fun of them. Due to the nature of subjects often broached in satirical films people often mistake them for supporting the very ideals they are trying to bring attention to. This can be seen in Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles as the characters will often say very offensive things and if one did not understand that it was all meant to be taken with a few grains of salt then they would interpret the movie as being extremely offensive. Due to satires

Mel Brooks A Modern Day Renaissance Man of the Arts “Humor is just another defensive against the universe,” famous words from Mel Brooks. He protects all of us with the films he writes! Mel Brooks is known for his comedy. Not only is he a writer, he's a comedian. Unknown to most people, Mel was telling jokes even before he knew that he wanted to be a comedian! Of course, he has many other talents that make him a modern day Renaissance man. Childhood To understand how Mel Brooks became

Camp Rhetorical Analysis Mel Brook's film ,Young Frankenstein, is a comedic throwback and famous parody to Univeral's Frankenstein (1931), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Son of Frankenstein (1939), and The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942). (quote from interview generally describing movie experience). Young Frankenstein has important visual effects that bring to this film a well-rounded sense of both frivolity and campy thrill. Satirically embodying the older films, Young Frankenstein includes overly