The King of Comedy (film) without fists". She went on to write that "De Niro in disguise denies his characters a soul. De Niro's 'bravura' acting in "Mean Streets, Taxi Driver" and "New York, New York" collapsed into 'anti-acting' after he started turning himself into repugnant flesh eggies of soulless characters ... Pupkin is a nothing." Scorsese says that "people were confused with "King of Comedy" and saw Bob as some sort of mannequin". Scorsese has called De Niro's role as Rupert Pupkin his favorite of all their collaborations. Sandra Bernhard, who plays Masha in the film, indicated in a 2013 interview that Jack Black
Rupert (play) was reviewed by the Murdoch-owned "Herald Sun" but the review was never published. However reviews of the play were published in other Murdoch-owned newspapers. The production was reviewed by the Washington Post as an entry in the Kennedy Center’s "World Stages International Theater Festival", March 2014. Rupert (play) Rupert is a 2013 play by David Williamson about Rupert Murdoch. Williamson was approached to write the play for the Melbourne Theatre Company. "If you’re doing big canvas, you’ve got to be passionate that the way the world is heading is not good," he said. "I still buy "The Australian" every morning,