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Hail, Hail, Euphoria!
Roy Blount
Presenting the Marx Brothers in Duck Soup, the Greatest War Movie Ever Made
It Books
October 2010
On Sale: September 28, 2010
160 pages
ISBN: 0061808164
EAN: 9780061808166
Hardcover
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"Roy Blount Jr. is a famous American humorist. But that
clipped description is kind of like saying that Paris is
simply an inland French city: The outline is accurate as far
as it goes, but it leaves out all of the captivating
details."---Boston Globe" "Nearly eighty years after its
release, the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup remains one of the
most influential pieces of political satire in history. In
Hail, Hail, Euphoria!, bestselling author Roy Blount Jr.
tells the history and making of Duck Soup, examining the
comedic genius of the Marx Brothers in their finest hour and
nine minutes." "In Duck Soup, a slim, agile, quick-witted,
self-assured young man is summoned to save a nation from
financial ruin. As the nation's new president, he brings
together a team of rivals, a band of brothers. Those
brothers are Pinky, Chicolini, and Lt. Bob Roland. Their
leader? None other than Rufus T. Firefly." The humor and
idiosyncratic wit of Duck Soup are saluted by the author's
own in this gem of a book, offering a behind-the-scenes tale
of show business and brotherhood that only a true Marx
Brothers aficionado could tell.
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