Thank you Aisling, Agree so many bits… Ditto with blazing saddles… Brooks did a send up of Hitchcock movies High Anxiety - I’ll check this one out again see how it reframes in todays world 😆..
Rewatched Young Frankenstein as inspiration for a piece I just wrote! The brain, yikes! I could put that Abby Normal scene on a loop it’s so good. My dad was a big fan and I watched it with him at first and move of the jokes were way over my head. A friend gifted me Mel Brooks book, I read the Young Frankenstein chapter, time for the rest!
Ah yes, a little problematic but willing to forgive Mel this time round as he usually treats his female characters pretty well! Also watching this alongside Madeline Kahn's role in Blazing Saddles makes me feel a little better about what's going on here, but I could be off the mark!
Mel Brooks is one of the most influential creative figures in my life, and this film is one of the reasons for that. He reminds us constantly here that comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin, and that it can take only a few changes in context, knowledge and empathy for the picture to change. We start by fearing the monster when he first appears, but we eventually come to appreciate what positive qualities he has...
(Significantly, Brooks was the executive producer of the 1980 David Lynch film "The Elephant Man", dealing with the real-life case of John Merrick; a tragic counterbalance to "Frankenstein" 's comedy).
He truly is one of the greats! Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are two of my all-time favourite movies, and funnily enough they came out the same year! I have not actually seen The Elephant Man but I will check it out for sure!
Thank you for the shout out, Aisling!
My pleasure!
You've convinced me - it's time to re-watch Young Frankenstein!
This is, at the end of the day, my ultimate goal! 😅
Another brilliant piece Aisling,
Young Frankenstein one of our favourites to regularly quote… “put the candle back” and of course “Cigars!!”
I first started to follow you from the square peg podcast… thank you for sharing! 🙏
Is it the most quotable movie ever??? I'm not sure, but close! Thanks so much for reading Alan, great to have you here!!
Thank you Aisling, Agree so many bits… Ditto with blazing saddles… Brooks did a send up of Hitchcock movies High Anxiety - I’ll check this one out again see how it reframes in todays world 😆..
Might also watch Dracula Dead and Loving it tonight, 'tis the season after all!
Rewatched Young Frankenstein as inspiration for a piece I just wrote! The brain, yikes! I could put that Abby Normal scene on a loop it’s so good. My dad was a big fan and I watched it with him at first and move of the jokes were way over my head. A friend gifted me Mel Brooks book, I read the Young Frankenstein chapter, time for the rest!
Oooh that post sounds intriguing! It's a film that just keeps on giving, even 50 years later!
And my wife was also meh about the ending
The happily ever after ending?
Right; your point in the 4th footnote
Ah yes, a little problematic but willing to forgive Mel this time round as he usually treats his female characters pretty well! Also watching this alongside Madeline Kahn's role in Blazing Saddles makes me feel a little better about what's going on here, but I could be off the mark!
Also Teri Garr was awesome and she died yesterday so all the more reason to celebrate it
Omg, I had no idea, what a loss!
Mel Brooks is one of the most influential creative figures in my life, and this film is one of the reasons for that. He reminds us constantly here that comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin, and that it can take only a few changes in context, knowledge and empathy for the picture to change. We start by fearing the monster when he first appears, but we eventually come to appreciate what positive qualities he has...
(Significantly, Brooks was the executive producer of the 1980 David Lynch film "The Elephant Man", dealing with the real-life case of John Merrick; a tragic counterbalance to "Frankenstein" 's comedy).
He truly is one of the greats! Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles are two of my all-time favourite movies, and funnily enough they came out the same year! I have not actually seen The Elephant Man but I will check it out for sure!