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Why Groucho’s back is bent
Chapter 29
There will also be a bunch of comedies during the Great Depression,
2Which will have hilarious stars like the Marx Brothers,
3Who will make a lot of very funny movies,
4bIncluding one called ‘Duckfeathers,’
5Which will be all about how csilly war is,
6dWith a lot of interchangeable parts played by Groucho and Chico and Harpo and Carlo,
7Not to mention a lot of jokes about fascism,
8eWhich is very very funny,
9Especially when fCharlie Chaplin is playing the dictator,
10And trying to keep the globe away from the Marxes,
11Who are just all over the place,
12Including the comic opera,
13And the gracetrack,
14And everywhere else too,
15Not to mention the ridiculous matron played by hMargaret Dumont,
16Who has Groucho all over the place,
17Which explains why his back is permanently bent out of shape,
18iEven though the Hays office will never be able to prove it,
19Which shows why the name Marx will become practically a synonym for “genius.”
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