tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post2788428490549568919..comments2024-03-01T23:03:24.696-08:00Comments on The Marx Brothers Council: Did they always come out of a barrel? - The Marx Brothers and the Immigrant ExperienceMatthew Coniamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-25826342072231235422018-10-16T05:38:51.213-07:002018-10-16T05:38:51.213-07:00Where did I say that the Marxes' act grew out ...Where did I say that the Marxes' act grew out of immigrant humor?Veikko Suvantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826714151185706043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-43867539599229223852018-10-13T08:48:12.825-07:002018-10-13T08:48:12.825-07:00Veikko: That's what I say. The Marxes' act...Veikko: That's what I say. The Marxes' act grew out of immigrant humor. To fail to recognize this is to ignore the most potent force in a century of American comedy. Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183309219192262566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-8204348853348543922018-10-13T05:26:12.803-07:002018-10-13T05:26:12.803-07:00Wouldn't they have passports if they were US c...Wouldn't they have passports if they were US citizens? Or are you assuming that each of them accidentally lost their passport? That's a lot of quick accidents there for a quiet neighbourhood.Veikko Suvantohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07826714151185706043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-89736994885783308662018-10-08T01:12:10.813-07:002018-10-08T01:12:10.813-07:00Why do you assume they are immigrants? There is no...Why do you assume they are immigrants? There is no evidence for it. Isn’t it equally possible they are US citizens stranded overseas making their way back to USA, especially as they are fairly fluent in English?Roger Stevensonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-40776630700920566412018-10-05T10:04:16.519-07:002018-10-05T10:04:16.519-07:00To me, "Monkey Business" has to be a soc...To me, "Monkey Business" has to be a social commentary. It represents two of America's origin stories. On the one hand is the idea that America is the New Garden of Eden, a vision promulgated by the Puritans and later their cultural progeny, the Protestants (the Ku Klux Klan and the alt right takes this idea to the extreme). On the other hand is the idea that the United States is direct product of the Enlightenment and the revolutionary notion that "all are created equal." Helton's party at the end of the film represents the American paradise and the brothers, as they do in each of the films made between 1930 and 1937, violate this sacred sphere. The unmistakable statement is that the non-Protestant cannot be kept out of a country founded upon sanctity of the individual. Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07183309219192262566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7843187306386607538.post-39995170939308528232018-10-05T06:35:51.379-07:002018-10-05T06:35:51.379-07:00Stimulating reading - once again, Matthew! By all...Stimulating reading - once again, Matthew! By all means please include these insights in your (eventual) Newly Updated Second Edition of The Annotated Marx Brothers - a book that would be difficult to improve upon but it seems that you are doing it. And so people know it's a second edition, why not keep-a the outside green, but make-a the inside cerise...Ed Watzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16582138718715445049noreply@blogger.com