Review of History of the World: Part I (1981) by Jack Kroll for Newsweek — 24 Nov 1989
The movie is so sour that its humor is often undermined, because so many of the jokes are either mean-spirited or scatological, or both. Women are either explicitly predatory or stupidly decorative, and homosexuals are made fun of regularly.
Bathroom jokes are everywhere. Flamboyantly bad taste, which Mr. Brooks raised to the level of supreme wit in his ''Springtime for Hitler'' number in ''The Producers,'' is this time just bad.
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This review of History of the World: Part I (1981) was written by Jack Kroll and published by Newsweek on 24 Nov 1989.
History of the World: Part I has generally received positive reviews.
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