‘Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.’ I recently read Lee Siegel’s book about Groucho. It was fairly good, but it did get me thinking about my own enjoyment and love of The Marx Bros, particularly Groucho. The first Marx bros film I saw was the A Night At the Opera, and then Duck Soup. What amazed me about those films wasn’t just that they were funny, but how disrespectful and mocking they were to everyone.... Read more