Here is Mel Brooks, the director of the sidesplitting classics " Blazing Saddles " and " Young Frankenstein, " as he dons the persona of the 2, 000-Year-Old Man to talk money with Carl Reiner, his 40-year sidekick.
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"Malcolm in the Middle " ( Fox ) _ Shot with a single camera and using a kid genius as narrator and guide, this energetic sitcom bottled the mood of family life _ noisy, disorganized, loving _ and poured it out in hilarious, sidesplitting dollops.
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His sidesplitting portrayal of a garish suit-wearing enemy yakuza captain in " Dainamaito Dondon ", and his turn as an eerie secretary to a political mastermind in " Blue Christmas " ( the epitome of his stated desire to appear in brief supporting roles that change the tone of an entire film ) are some of his most representative work.
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"Little Children " was Perrotta's " breakout book, " and " People " called him " the rare writer equally gifted at drawing people's emotional maps . . . and creating sidesplitting scenes . " For his part, Perrotta describes himself as a writer in the " plain-language American tradition " of authors such as Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver.
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IGN's Roth Cornet wrote that " though it's unlikely to stand out as one of the shrewdest political satires of its time, [ it ] is a clever, unrestrained and most importantly sidesplitting parody that pokes fun at both a vapid media and one of the world's most dangerous dictators . " Edward Douglas of ComingSoon . net said the film was " hilarious, but it will probably get us nuked ".
