Leo Bloom (Gene Wilder): 'Actors are not animals! They're human beings!' Max Bialystock (Zero Mostel): 'They are? Have you ever eaten with one?'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A naive defense of actors is met with a cynical joke about their character.
- In plain terms
- He jokes that actors behave badly at meals.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor often targets stereotypes.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are actors truly different?
Another view
Stereotypes are not facts.
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