Young Einstein
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The Young and The Combless: Why Do Young Versions of Movie Characters Have Big Hair?
It used to be that you could put the word “Young” in front of the name of an iconic character and have a fair shot at the box office. Consider Mel Brooks’ 1974 smash Young Frankenstein, which remains the gold standard of the “Just Add ‘Young’” formula. Director Barry Levinson would follow 11 years later…