bkish's review against another edition
4.0
After reading 6 chapters of a very large and detailed biography of the comedy writer Mel Brooks I returned it to the library and am waiting for the ebook for the Nook. Its very well researched and well written.
I now have the ebook so Im reading it from chapter 6...
The more I read the more I dislike this man and I am now up to chapter 10. I dont know if I will finish this. Patrick McGilligan has done an outstanding task her to investigate Mel Brooks and Brooksfilms.
It is I think a challenge to write a detailed biography of someone famous and wealthy yet quite despicable.
I am quite amazed that I read this book from beginning to end and I did.
I did four * not five cause there was an opportunity that the author didnt take to pull it all together give his views of the man and even to analyze how Brooks became this narcissistic man who didnt grow
Judy
I now have the ebook so Im reading it from chapter 6...
The more I read the more I dislike this man and I am now up to chapter 10. I dont know if I will finish this. Patrick McGilligan has done an outstanding task her to investigate Mel Brooks and Brooksfilms.
It is I think a challenge to write a detailed biography of someone famous and wealthy yet quite despicable.
I am quite amazed that I read this book from beginning to end and I did.
I did four * not five cause there was an opportunity that the author didnt take to pull it all together give his views of the man and even to analyze how Brooks became this narcissistic man who didnt grow
Judy
braxwall's review against another edition
2.0
Inte så roligt det här utan mer tjatigt och oinspirerat staplande av händelser och anekdoter. Mel Brooks karaktär kan sammanfattas genom uttrycket what you see is what you get.
jana6240's review against another edition
2.0
1. Way too long
2. I think the author...hates Mel Brooks?
2. I think the author...hates Mel Brooks?
rbkegley's review against another edition
4.0
Comprehensive biography of Mel Brooks, born Melvin Kaminsky in New York City. This book captures the struggle of Brooks' eventual success, years in coming despite his recognized comic genius. The best part of the book is the focus on each of Brooks' projects, starting with his eventual wedging himself into Sid Caesar's early TV "Your Show of Shows" writers, through the development of his movies, including "The Producers", "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", and "High Anxiety." McGilligan gives a balanced view of Brooks' ability to inspire both tremendous loyalty and lifelong animus in his collaborators. The happy ending, of sorts, to this biography is Brooks mellowing in his later years, and finding the Broadway success he'd always sought in the musical production of "The Producers."
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