James H. Burns, who sends me some of the best links I post here, sent me this one to a report on a rare public appearance by Gene Wilder. All of it's interesting but it's especially eyebrow-raising to read the following about his view of a certain musical now playing on Broadway…
Wilder regards Brooks' current Broadway musical version of Young Frankenstein as a misguided attempt to marry the director's Borscht Belt humor to the wrong kind of story. Wilder came only for the curtain call on opening night and left immediately after.
That somehow doesn't surprise me and I wonder if it speaks to Mr. Wilder's status as a gentleman or as a profit participant that he hasn't said this louder and in more places. Having met him briefly (like twenty seconds apiece) two times and having heard nothing but good about him from those who really know him, I suspect the former.