Title The last laugh : on Holocaust jokes and comedic taboo / a Tangerine Entertainment production ; a film by Ferne Pearlstein ; produced and written by Ferne Pearlstein, Robert Edwards, Jan Warner, Amy Hobby, Anne Hubbell

Published [New York, New York, USA] : Tangerine Entertainment, [2016] [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018 ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 88 min.) : sound, color, black and white Summary Are we allowed to make jokes about the Holocaust? In this outrageously funny and thought-provoking film, filmmaker Ferne Pearlstein puts the question about comedy's ultimate taboo to legends including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Sarah Silverman, Gilbert Gottfried, Harry Shearer, Jeff Ross, Judy Gold, Susie Essman, Larry Charles, and many other critical thinkers, as well as Holocaust survivors themselves. Through these interviews and clips from our favorite standup comedy, TV shows, and movies, THE LAST LAUGH offers fresh insights into the Holocaust, our own psyches, and what else--9/11, AIDS, racism--is or isn't off-limits in a society that prizes freedom of speech. In the process, THE LAST LAUGH also disproves the idea that there is nothing left to say about the Holocaust, and opens a fresh avenue for approaching this epochal tragedy Notes Title from title frames Credits Editor and cinematography, Ferne Perlstein Event Originally produced by Passion River Productions in 2016 Notes English language soundtrack with optional English closed-captioning Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Humor Jewish wit and humor. Comedy -- Social aspects Black humor. Black humor. Comedy -- Social aspects. Jewish wit and humor. Genre/Form Internet videos. Films for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Documentary films. Humor. Documentary films. Films for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Internet videos. Documentaires. Films pour personnes handicapées auditives. Films de fiction. Vidéos sur Internet. Form Streaming video Author Pearlstein, Ferne, film director, director of cinematography, film producer, screenwriter, editor of moving image work. Edwards, Robert (Filmmaker), film producer, screenwriter. Warner, Jan, film producer Hobby, Amy, film producer. Hubbell, Anne, film producer Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Kirshenbaum, Kent. Last laugh : humor and the Holocaust Tangerine Entertainment, production company.

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