Реферат: Mel Brooks As Jewish Comedian Essay Research

now-I’m wearing a cardboard belt," he also wears a reasonably nice jacket,

has a leather coach, and keeps every old lady’s picture in a decent frame. Later

in the film, when he gets a lot of money, he spends it on a chauffeured car, a

sexy secretary, lavish offices and new clothes, rather then spending it on new

office equipment or investing it for future financial security (Telushkin 83).

Leo Bloom, the accountant (played by Gene Wilder), represents the opposite

stereotype from Bialystock. He represents the meek Jew, the Jew-as-doormat. In

the beginning of the movie, he walks in on Max trying to get some money from an

investor (he catches them lying on top of each other) and is so surprised and in

shock that he has to be told to say "oops" (The Producers). This fits

right into the stereotype of Jews as "remorseful and ashamed of their

sexual desires" (The Poducers). Bialystock fulfills the other stereotype of

Jewish men who have been portrayed as "sex-hungry animals" in many

jokes. Blooms choice of career is also known as a Jewish career. In the end, he,

like Bialystock, ends up fulfilling one of the most basic stereotypes of Jews-he

gives in to his greed (Telushkin 93). There are also many small Jewish

references in the film. There is an ignorant, and very gay, director named Roger

DeBris, who directs "Springtime for Hitler" and has a familiar Yiddish

term in his name (Telushkin 86-87). Also, in the beginning of the movie

Bialystock has a funny dialogue with his landlord and it is the only part of the

movie in which religion is involved. Bialystock: Murderer, thief, how can you

take the last penny out of a poor man’s pocket? Landlord: I have to, I’m a

landlord. Bialystock: Oh lord, hear my plea: Destroy him, he maketh a blight on

the land. Landlord: Don’t listen to him-he’s crazy (The Producers). When one

hears the conversation, with the Landlord speaking in a Jewish accent and

Bialystock calling out at the heavens, sounding like an abused Jewish mother, it

is a lot funnier and the Jewish element is a lot clearer as well. Brooks’

message in this movie has been largely debated. Lester D. Freidman thinks,

"Bialystock and Bloom fail to find their flop because they underestimate