“…the strand that makes [The Producers] more than just a funny film is Wilder’s subtly-expressed love for his partner-in-crime, which blossoms in a keynote courtroom speech the actor partially wrote.”
– Kim Newman, The Producers Special Edition
The middle-left scene says so much with minimal action.
Bless both of them, and Mel Brooks, too.
I think that’s probably the most important scene in The Producers, and it’s also something so much modern-day satire misses…the idea that at some point, you gotta concede that some things just aren’t funny, have your characters acknowledge it, and move on.
“I won’t wear it, I don’t care how big the deal is, I won’t wear it.”