The Producers star Marc Antolin: 'Making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it'

The Producers Star Marc Antolin on Satirizing Fascism

The Producers, currently playing on the West End, uses musical comedy to satirize fascism.

Performer Marc Antolin, who plays Leo Bloom, says

making fun of fascism is the best way to deal with it

The musical features a giant Nazi Bratwurst, stormtroopers, and antisemitic pigeons, with fascists as the

butt of the joke

Antolin notes that

laughing at fascism

is the approach, citing Mel Brooks' quote that

sometimes to make fun of these things is the best way to deal with it

Author's summary: The Producers satirizes fascism with comedy.

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