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is an acquired taste
or tastelessness.
Mel Brooks, a
Jewish leprechaun whose pot
of gold is filled with silver-
screen achievements, has
found his rainbow in ribaldry.
From The 12 Chairs to
Young Frankenstein to
Spaceballs, his current hit,
Brooks brooks the occasional-
ly unappreciative movie critic
and "serious" buff who fail to
see his humor so he can reach
the real fan — the one who
understands the Blazing Sad-
dles cowboy's true dilemma:
What to do on a lonely night
when the air is still and those
danged beans start acting up.
Blazing Brooks baffles out-
siders: A seemingly short,
loud, obnoxious meshugeneh
who also happens to make
sensitive movies (Brooks
films' The Elephant Man, My
Favorite year) and is married
to Anne Bancroft, a stylish,
sophisticated actress whose
Mrs. Robinson had at least
one college graduate pitching
.woo.
But those who think they
know Mel Brooks only know
half of the 2,000-year-old man
(one of his more popular crea- •
tions). The other 1,000 years
were filled with a tender
Jewish background and a
reported sense of insecurity.
(When he started making it
big, Brooks, unable to believe
other liked his talent,
brought home his large
—
paycheck to his astonished
mother. "Nu, Ma," the diffi-
dent Brooks reputedly said,
"when do you think they'll
find out?")
Fear of success doesn't seem
to haunt the actor/director/
writer/producer anymore. In-
deed, he's willing to make
space for any challenge now
— including outer space.
Spaceballs is a send-up of Star
Wars, a well-honed missile of
mirth and satire starring
John Candy, Rick Moranis
and Brooks.
Brooks has aired his opi-
nions on why he hopes the
farce is with him in
Spaceballs: "Because you on-
ly spoof the things you love.
There's no fun ribbing a bad
movie. It's too easy. You have
to have a target you respect,
one that's big enough to stand
up to parody.
"And what's bigger than
space? Ask anyone — George
Lucas, Carl Sagan, Mr. Spock
— they'll tell you the same
thing. Space is bigger than all
outdoors."
Spaceballs is successful, a
relief for Brooks, whose last
two projects, the less than
hysterical History of the
World, Part I and the more
serious To Be or Not to Be, did
not fare well.
Spaceballs is a heavensent
comeback. It is the natural
offspring of a satirical seg-
ment tacked into the end of
History — Jews in Space. This
parody is filled with Yid-
dishisms, puns (there is a
Druish princess) and in-jokes,