Jules Munshin--comedic genius
Jules Munshin's bit making a salad is truly brillian comedy. The drollery, the understatement with which he pantomimes... This bit is comedic genius. You have to go far to find anything that matches this. The only other piece of comedy that even comes close is the closing scene from "Pirates of Penzance" when the pirates, the constables, the daughters, transform themselves into burbling brooks, waving willows, and billowing grasses whilst the Modern Major General thinks he is alone--Brilliant comedy from Gilbert and Sullivan. And Jules Munshin surely matches that level of genius.
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