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Max Bialystock
Extracted from the Wikipedia article List of The Producers characters.
Roger De Bris
Roger Elizabeth De Bris is a flamboyant, overtly gay theatre director and transvestite, described by Max Bialystock as the “worst director to have ever lived”, and is chosen by Bialystock in an attempt to ensure that Springtime for Hitler will flop. He lives with his equally flamboyant partner and valet Carmen Ghia and his production crew in a house described as an Upper East Sidetown house in New York. While the musical and the 2005 film clarify his sexuality, it is only implied in the original film. "Roger" is a euphemism for intercourse, and a "bris" is the Jewish circumcision ceremony, while the surname is also a pun on the word "debris". He has been said to be a parody of Ed Wood.