Mel Brooks, a master of satire and parody once described as the funniest man alive, has spent a career taking on class, religion and race.
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He says he likes to find humour in darkness and speaking truth to power.
Almost 100 years old, he is now up for a clutch of Olivier Awards for a revival of his much loved musical 'The Producers'.
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