Mel Brooks is one of the enduring comedic icons of his generation, and with the wild success of the stage version of The Producers, his politically incorrect zaniness has been embraced by a new generation of fans. Still, “there are some who think that Brooks’s humour is too one-dimensional, too vulgar, to be as enduring as, say, that of Woody Allen.” But contradictions are what Brooks has always been about, and he doesn’t seem terribly troubled by the concept of his legacy.