"Equally funny is "Anne Frank Superstar," Salkind's hilarious satire of a television industry that will go to any length for commercial success, even trivializing one of the most famous victims of the holocaust.
Salkind imagines what would happen if the story of Anne Frank were to be developed as a sitcom, titled "Let's Be Frank!" Recalling Tracey Ullman in her range, Salkind portrays eight characters (including a precocious 11-year-old girl around whom the series is developed, a British producer and a deaf stand-up comic). And she does so with a brashness that likely would offend the more politically correct.

This, though, is a striking satirical piece that skewers the tasteless limits of today's television and, with further development, likely will turn up as a special on one of the more cutting edge cable networks."

September 13, 2000

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