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Friday, December 16, 2005 12:00 AM

"The Producers"

Watching Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane's ultra-broad shtick is a little like watching a 3-D Imax film without the special glasses.
By Stephanie Zacharek

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  • Friday, December 16, 2005 05:52 AM

    Left Me Cold

    I'd never seen the original film but I'd heard the show was good and the performances legendary so when Nathan Lane stepped into the London production replacing Richard Dreyfuss at the last moment, I thought it would be worthwhile to see the show.

    I found the entire thing incredibly homophobic and, honestly, never cracked a smile. I am not a humorless person and currently really enjoy all the cutting edge, un-PC humor that can currently be found in podcasts but The Producers just seemed dated like a minstrel show.

    It doesn't surprise me to hear that this is how it now comes across on the big screen.

    —bliss66 Read bliss66's other letters

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