Comments on: Review of Duck Soup (1933) http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/ Music, micro-fiction, recipes, and reviews. Fri, 29 May 2009 13:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: kensson http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-302 kensson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:16:21 +0000 http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-302 Thanks, Ernest, I didn't know that! That makes me feel a lot more at ease :o) Thanks, Ernest, I didn’t know that! That makes me feel a lot more at ease :o )

]]> By: Ernest Brown http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-301 Ernest Brown Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:14:20 +0000 http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-301 "NRA" stands for Roosevelt's NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION, an organization all businesses were forced to join by law before the Supremes struck it down as unconstitutional 2 years after this movie was made. “NRA” stands for Roosevelt’s NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION, an organization all businesses were forced to join by law before the Supremes struck it down as unconstitutional 2 years after this movie was made.

]]> By: TD http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-286 TD Sat, 31 May 2008 12:07:12 +0000 http://kensson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/review-of-duck-soup-1933/#comment-286 Duck Soup is a must-see, must-keep, and "must watch over and over." It is comedic brilliance on film. Yes, it's dated, and no movie is perfect (except "The Third Man"), but it's a great comment on the ridiculousness of war. And I've been using a line Groucho sings in the film to describe what Barack Obama will say IF he gets elected. On inauguration day, I can picture BO breaking into song and singing "...if you think this country's bad off now, just wait till I get through with it." (Yes, Bush has been bad, this and that, yadda yadda--but he will look like a good president compared with BO; just wait and see.) Duck Soup is a must-see, must-keep, and “must watch over and over.” It is comedic brilliance on film. Yes, it’s dated, and no movie is perfect (except “The Third Man”), but it’s a great comment on the ridiculousness of war.

And I’ve been using a line Groucho sings in the film to describe what Barack Obama will say IF he gets elected. On inauguration day, I can picture BO breaking into song and singing “…if you think this country’s bad off now, just wait till I get through with it.”

(Yes, Bush has been bad, this and that, yadda yadda–but he will look like a good president compared with BO; just wait and see.)

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