Title: When Comedy Went to School Directors: Ron Frank, Mevlut Akkaya A grand-scale survey of Jewish humor from the middle portion of the 20th century, shambling documentary “When Comedy Went to School” represents an amiable, openhearted attempt to shine a spotlight on the ethnic lineage of observational stand-up, and its roots in the vaudevillian era. Ostensibly a look at the so-called greatest generation of comedians — a generation that includes the likes of Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Jerry Stiller, Jackie Mason and Mort Sahl, all interviewed here — and the manner in which they got their training, pre-television, the film is unfortunately too scattered and bereft of focus to connect [ Read More ]
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- 8/14/2013
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Title: When Comedy Went to School International Film Circuit Director: Mevlut Akkaya, Ron Frank Screenwriter: Lawrence Richards Cast: Jerry Lewis, Sid Caesar, Robert Klein, Jackie Mason, Mort Sahl, Jerry Stiller, Larry King Screened at: Vimeo, NYC, 6/8/13 Opens: July 31, 2013 You’re intimidated by Aristotle, Socrates, Plato, Bentham, Russell, and Nietzsche. You think their writings and dialogues are too difficult to understand or even irrelevant to our times. But you want to know the answer to the most basic philosophic question, which is “how should I live my life?” So what do you do? Simply memorize this: “We’re all going to die, so we might as well laugh until we [ Read More ]
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- 6/8/2013
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
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