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INDEPENDENT LENS: "THE LAST LAUGH"
April 24, 2017  | By David Bianculli

PBS, 10:00 p.m. ET

 

It’s not often you have documentaries based on a debate question, but tonight’s installment is – and the topic is, Should the Holocaust be off limits to comedians? Whatever your thoughts on the topic, there are at least two reasons not to miss tonight’s The Last Laugh. One is that it includes footage from the never-released, always controversial Jerry Lewis film The Day the Clown Cried (if you don’t know the plot, watch and gasp). The other reason to watch is that it asks the person I consider the ultimate authority on comedy and everything Nazi-related: the great Mel Brooks. Check local listings.

 
 
 
 
 
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