Brando - The Fun Side

There have been more biographies of Marlon Brando than you can shake a stick at. One thing they all ignore – except in passing – is his humor. Brando – The Funny Side reverses that trend in no uncertain terms.

From childhood, it points out, he was an inveterate prankster and practical joker. A nightmare to all and sundry, he seemed to have an ambition from childhood to wrongfoot everyone he met. He jerked their chains, made bawdy cracks about them when they were least expecting it and frustr...