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Young Frankenstein was a nice reprieve from the other movies we have had to watch. This movie played on many rhetorical situations as well as a witty humor. This movie was made in 1974 and the director (Mel Brooks) had taken what the country had been through and used it as humor. For example I want to point out the relationship between Frau Blücher and her environment. What happens when you even utter her name, nature screams. Well just the horses but I feel that this was a play on World War II. Frau Blücher was obviously of German descent and it seemed any time she was mentioned the world would cry out against her. I feel Mel Brooks put her in for not only comic relief but to show that the war did not only affect the people but nature as well.

Second this movie was filled with sex jokes, whether innocent or not, they were in there. We see them mostly play on or against women. The one thing that surprised me was that how many penis jokes there   where. It really played on the true fear of every man “having a small penis.” This was something that I did not catch on the first viewing. The majority of the jokes were directed towards women. Inga was I stereotypical blonde women. She was not all there put when it came to sex you could see that she knew what she was talking about. This was an interesting choice for Mel Brooks because this was showing a very open woman about her sex life. Back in that day women were just starting to break out of the veil of not being sexually intelligent.

Names in this movie were of an importance, we see how the Doctor had trouble being associated with his grandfather. This play intensely into the development of the character and how we came to understand how fate made him to be a Frankenstein. This is what I believe the message of the movie is, be who where you meant to be and fallow your dreams. This always relates to the time period that the film was made in. The time was Free Love and what not. Mel Brooks want to stress upon the people that it was ok to fallow your dreams and let them take you to new heights.

The last thing I want to mention is Igor and who his character played a crucial role to the theme of the movie. Igor was the gray area between us and the movie. For example he was the only character to break the fourth wall and talk to the audience. This was very uncommon for that time. I believe that he was the thought of the audience as well. What I mean by this is that he would often say what the audience was thinking. For example when the horses where whinnying at Frau Blücher’s name we see all the characters go inside the mansion. Then Igor emerges and says it one more time and I can guaranty all of would totally mess with the horses. Over all great movie.