Woody Allen: a travesty of a mockery of a sham

Fanfare: 2025 : a death defying act

I. Easy writer: 1935 : prep day ; 1955 : the Woodman cometh ; 1961 : the big noise

II. Mr. Everything: 1965 : the first golden age ; 1970 : clockwork ; 1977 : Mr. Secretive

III. Scenes from a non-marriage: 1980 : the second golden age ; 1985 : sleepwalking into a mess ; 1992 : the great unpleasantness

IV. The great rectification campaign: 1993 : the tears of a clown ; 1999 : the Soon-Yi era ; 2012 : stuff happens

V. A travesty of a mockery of a sham: 2016 : Mr. Nothing.