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Few actor-director partnerships are as enduring or iconic as the one that Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese have enjoyed, from the visceral 70's masterpieces Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, to iconic biopic Raging Bull, to the genre-defining criminal histories of Goodfellas and Casino - and with each outing, the pair has set new standards in character, performance, and storytelling that have changed the course of cinema. But tonight MG wants to spotlight the most-often forgotten collaboration: 1982's painfully awkward and socially prescient The King of Comedy!
By Christopher NicholsFew actor-director partnerships are as enduring or iconic as the one that Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese have enjoyed, from the visceral 70's masterpieces Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, to iconic biopic Raging Bull, to the genre-defining criminal histories of Goodfellas and Casino - and with each outing, the pair has set new standards in character, performance, and storytelling that have changed the course of cinema. But tonight MG wants to spotlight the most-often forgotten collaboration: 1982's painfully awkward and socially prescient The King of Comedy!