His awful Nazi movie is set to be released in 2025...cant wait. I know its going to be awful to watch...but I want to know how this movie plays out...is it just a funny movie at the Jews expense? Or was it trying to make a deeper statement that may not have been successfully realised...?
Well maybe I won't watch that one, but his movies from the 50s to the early 70s are near and dear to my heart. The older black and white ones with Dean Martin were the best in my opinion.
I agree...many times he wasn't imitating people with a disability...he was playing an idiot...the foolish, shy guy we all know...simply put he was a clown with no make-up.
I was not a huge fan, but I did find him funnier in his movies with Dean Martin. I think it helped to have a Martin playing the straight man. I also saw him as playing an immature idiot, at least in the films I can recall. He did do a lot to raise millions of dollars for Muscular Dystrophy research.
Review based on interview with Jean-Michel Frodon (French Film Critic who has seen the film) The French Film Critic Who Saw Jerry Lewis’s Infamous Holocaust Movie—and Loved It
