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IвЂ™d be unworthy of the high trust thatвЂ™s been placed in me if I didnвЂ™t do everything within my power to keep our beloved Freedonia at peace with the world. His ExcellencyвЂ™s journey through those words traverse worlds. He and his brothers may have been uneducated, but that didnвЂ™t make them unschooled. He happily hacked up Eugene OвЂ™Neill and riffed on Aristophanes. Groucho had indulged in strange interludes before. It lays bare the inner workings of a despotic mind and does it with wit and not a shred of preachiness. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), tells the story of fascism and the fashion faux pas of brown shirts and tails.

#Music from duck soup marx brothers movie#

Read more: What the Joker Movie Controversy Gets Wrong Oh, and when Groucho himself pondered death and dying he said he intended to live forever, or die trying and concluded that death would be the last thing heвЂ™d do. There is no political or philosophical waffling. Groucho makes a complete turn and goes into action. He agonized over vengeance and suicide, with the veins or across the veins, for two to four minutes. ShakespeareвЂ™s Hamlet, son of of Winnie the PoohвЂ™s King Piglet, took on the question of life or death.

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The emotions span the full spectrum of human possibilities. It is the greatest monologue ever written and the most effectively delivered. His much-heralded harangue isnвЂ™t the greatest soliloquy ever written, but GrouchoвЂ™s political U-turn is. Groucho Marx once said вЂњhumor is reason gone madвЂќ and Nina Hagen once sang, вЂњThereвЂ™s nothing wrong with the music, thereвЂ™s something wrong with you.вЂќ Call me an upstart, but it wasnвЂ™t me that was defective, it was Shakespeare. It was easier to remember because it is the best monologue ever performed in theater or film. And this was in the days before video tape. FireflyвЂ™s preface to the big finale of Duck Soup on command. When I was nine, I could toss off Rufus T. I didnвЂ™t think I had a problem with my memory. I think I finished with the George Carlin вЂњspare hair is fairвЂќ poem and slunk back to my desk. I had two weeks to commit Willie вЂњThe BardвЂќ ShakespeareвЂ™s words to memory and on the day I was called to recite, I choked like I had TB, or not TB, that was congestion. When I was a teenager, I had to learn the вЂњto be or not to beвЂќ speech for honors English.