Spoofs
Ellen E Jones and Mark Kermode explore spoofs as Mel Brooks turns 100 this June. Interviews with David Zucker and Keenen Ivory Wayans.
Mel Brooks turns 100 in June. We look at how the anarchic comedian turned satire into an art form with classic spoofs like Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs. What made Brooks’ parodies so potent, and do cinematic spoofs still hold any power in an age of irony, reboots and internet memes?
Interviews with Keenen Ivory Wayans, David Zucker and Anne Billson.
Producer: Jane Long
A Prospect Street production for BBC Radio 4
On radio
Broadcasts
- Fri 15 May 202619:15BBC Radio 4
- Tue 19 May 202611:00BBC Radio 4
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