3/31/2023 0 Comments Marx brothers silver screenNot only is their verbal humor full of puns and other formalistic hijinks, the very subject matter of many of their jokes tends to focus on social, More subliminal than Allen's is in his own films, though for those with the eyes to see, the siblings represent their generation of Jews rather In a way, though, the Marx Brothers' perceived "Jewishness" is a little I'm not suggesting this is the only way to look at the Marx Brothers'Įfforts, or even that it's an "important" way, just that it struck me as "being there" for me after having just watched a bunch of Allen films. "mainstreaming" of elements that could well be considered Jewish humor. Humor if not the trifecta, but one only need look a bit further back in time to the Marx Brothers for another potent example of the Same without Allen." Allen's patented brand of neurosis, sexual obsession and verbal acuity may indeed be at least a trifecta of Jewish More than once I read in various articles comments along the lines of "Allen helped to define Jewish humor" or "Jewish humor simply wouldn't be New transfers of the first five Marx Brothers feature films (all reportedly sourced from new 4K restorations done by Universal), one probably sparkedĪrrow Video's UK branch recently released Woody Allen: Six Films 1971-1978, and in doing some background reading in preparation for my reviews of the movies in that set, While perhaps not especially "meaningful" in any overarching way, I had an unusual response to watching these That said, the movie going public had never really seen anything like the manic proclivities of this familial troupe, andĬountless commentators from 1929 (when The Cocoanuts debuted on celluloid) on have attempted to analyze various elements of the Vaudeville experience and then Broadway stardom meant the siblings came to cinema with personas largely set and with a huge "catalog" of bits theyĬould utilize for their film work. The Marx Brothers remain one of the most iconic comedy teams in the entire history of show business, including of course their film work. Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, October 16, 2016 The Marx Brothers Silver Screen Collection Blu-ray Review
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