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I preferred The Producers when it was an outrageous cult classic by a first-time director who could still teach Woody Allen a thing or two about how to make people laugh out loud in a movie theater.
But Mel Brooks jumped the shark a loooong time ago -- basically when he stopped making movies with Gene Wilder. Now he has become the George Lucas of comedy. He endlessly recycles his old material, each time making it more generic, more obvious, and less challenging. A recipe for mainstream success perhaps, but not without its artistic price.
I can’t wait for the Blazing Saddles remake with Will Smith and Adam Sandler.
