Mel Brooks' Producers follow-up wears his jokes thin, critics say
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Mel Brooks wowed 42nd Street with his musical debut
The Producers, but follow-up
Young Frankenstein fell flat at last night's opening, says
Time's Richard Zoglin. Without Brooks' freshman hit,
Young Frank might be “reasonably entertaining”; instead it demands comparison and ends up mere “shtick." Its brilliant film...
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