Monday, November 22, 2010

Duck Soup

"Duck Soup", #85/60, 1933 This is a Marx Brothers film. The Marx Brothers were a vaudeville comedy act. They are five brothers with ridiculous names:  Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Gummo Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx. Then they took their vaudeville act and transitioned to movies. Naturally, with those names, they are in the comedy business.
The title of the movie has absolutely nothing to do with happens in the movie, but Groucho's explaination for it is: "Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you'll duck soup the rest of your life."
The movie's plot is really only there for necesity because it's a movie. But the movie is essentially just for their gag comedy. It's a pretty short movie, only a little over an hour, and it is pretty funny. The best scene in the movie is where two of the brothers (the two in the background) dress up like the brother in the front. And two of them do this hilarious mirror scene, so if you have at least three minutes you should watch the clip on youtube. And if you have an hour, you should watch the movie.

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