The Last Laugh

About The Last Laugh

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

The Last Laugh (2016) is a documentary film directed by Ferne Pearlstein. The film is filed under comedy, holocaust (shoah), taboo, and coping mechanisms.

Gilbert Gottfried appears as Self, Rob Reiner as Self, Mel Brooks as Self, and Judy Gold as Self. It runs 89 minutes and was released in April 2016.

The screenplay is by Ferne Pearlstein and Robert Edwards. Produced by Tangerine Entertainment. In the United States it streams on Flix Premiere and fuboTV.

Life Is Beautiful, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), and The Substance make useful companions to The Last Laugh, all filed under dark comedy.