Kenneth Tynan, "Mel Brooks", Profiles (1990), p. 366
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All the apprehensions that surface in Brooks's comedy have the same eventual source: a fear — or, to put it more positively, a hatred — of death.
— Kenneth Tynan on Mel Brooks
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About Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was a British theatre critic, author and literary manager of London's National Theatre Conmpany for a decade from 1963.
About Kenneth Tynan
Kenneth Tynan (2 April 1927 – 26 July 1980) was a British theatre critic, author and literary manager of London's National Theatre Conmpany for a decade from 1963.
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