The King of Comedy (film) of Comedy" even more dangerous than "Taxi Driver" because of its lack of blood and the fact that viewers could easily identify with De Niro. In a documentary featured in the first DVD release of the film, Scorsese himself acknowledged the connection between the two characters: ""Taxi Driver". Travis. Rupert. The isolated person. Is Rupert more violent than Travis? Maybe." The King of Comedy (film) The King of Comedy is a 1982 American satirical black comedy film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, and Sandra Bernhard. Written by Paul D. Zimmerman, the film focuses on
Rupert (play) 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, to enrage me and give me energy to get through the day... If I can do something before I die that casts some kind of warning, in a dramatically viable way, then that could be useful." Williamson explained his approach to writing: I tried as much