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Jewish humour in the films of Mel Brooks and Woody Allen

Fri 20 May 2016 @ 19:00 - Sun 22 May 2016 @ 14:00

£260.00

You think The Producers is hilarious? Or do you think: “well, talk about bad taste!”. Maybe you think that Annie Hall is Woody Allen’s greatest film, or Manhattan, or Zelig, or Crimes and Misdemeanors…? Very different in their comedy personae, Woody and Mel both started their professional careers writing for Sid Caesar in the 1950s. Both Jewish New Yorkers were from immigrant families but their humour crossed into and then influenced the mainstream. Let’s find out how, and why…

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Start:
Fri 20 May 2016 @ 19:00
End:
Sun 22 May 2016 @ 14:00
Cost:
£260.00
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University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education
Phone:
01223 746262
Email:
enquiries@ice.cam.ac.uk
Website:
https://www.leisurecourses.net/organiser/madingley-hall/

Venue

Madingley Hall
Madingley Hall,
Madingley, Cambridgeshire CB23 8AQ United Kingdom
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Phone:
01223 746262