86: Farced Perspective, 10 March 1972: What's Up, Doc?

About this episode

Anna and Ben discuss the film 'What's Up, Doc?' and its comparisons to classic comedies.

Anna and Ben sit down to visit the third most successful film of 1972, the slapstick comedy "What's Up, Doc?" They discuss how the film compares to its obvious antecedents and whether Streisand's character is more manipulative and callous than either Hepburn in "Bringing Up Baby" or any of Groucho's schemers, and whether Bugs Bunny's life has to be endangered to justify his actions. Of course you know that this means war...

People in this episode

Hosts: Anna, Ben

Topics covered

• film review
• comedy
• slapstick
• character analysis
• cinema history

Keywords

• What's Up, Doc?
• 1972 films
• comedy analysis
• slapstick humor
• Barbra Streisand

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What's Up, Doc?, Bringing Up Baby