Mel Brooks' New Hitler Gag Sparks Outrage
Mel Brooks has caused controversy with a new joke about Adolf Hitler, leaving critics outraged and branding it "offensive and out of touch".
During a promotional event for the revival of The Producers in Los Angeles, Brooks said:
Hitler was bad to every Jew in the world, but he was good to me.The joke, intended to defend lampooning dictators, drew immediate condemnation on social media.
- Critics accused him of "mocking history" and "ignoring modern sensitivities".
- Brooks, 99, insists he is simply making people laugh by saying the unsayable.
Author's summary: Mel Brooks sparks outrage with Hitler joke.