Satirical Genius...

Rating: 9/10 (2 August 2005)

The Marx brothers starred in this classic, Duck Soup. No one except for the Marx brothers could have pulled it off in such a brilliant manner. Duck Soup is not only exceptionally comical, with its drastic physical comedy and dry but very literal humor, but it is also very satirical. Being a satire, it "pokes" fun at various issues with the world, this time the object of the satire is war. Right about the time when American's fears where mostly directed at war, the Marx brothers bring this comedy to them in '33. Despite the films age, true comic genius and wit never goes unappreciated except by fools. The film, however old, still had quite a few moments that were laugh-out-loud funny. Whether it was situational, physical, or spoken; all of these types of comedy are apparent and nothing short of remarkably entertaining. Regardless of all this, I must once again implore you to realize that the true "grit" of this film is the notions that the Marx brothers had on war. They believed that war could be ridiculous, and showed the rest of the world just how ridiculous it could be. It is plainly obvious that this thought was stretched and contorted. However, the feeling you have after watching this movie is that war can be ridiculous, and that is just what the brothers intended.