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The Book of Buns: Over 50 Brilliant Bakes from Around the World

Jane Mason

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From every corner of the world, here you'll find recipes both familiar and new. Legend has it that...

The Happiness of Pursuit: Find the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

Chris Guillebeau

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A New York Times Bestseller New York Times bestselling author of The $100 Startup helps you find...

Jason Biggs recommended Duck Soup (1933) in Movies (curated)

Duck Soup (1933)

1933 | Classics, Comedy, War

8.7

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"I’m a big Marx Brothers fan. And just picking one Marx Brothers film is difficult. But I’ll go with Duck Soup, which has four of the brothers in it –everyone except Gummo. The one is the leader – there’s like a coup of this country called Freedonia – it’s just kind of out there. All the Marx Brothers movies are obviously ridiculous, and rely a lot on visual gags and sort of one-liners. But the comedy is so sort of pure. It is very sort of uncomplicated, simple, and cuts right to – you either like it or you don’t. I’m a little nervous about showing my son The Marx Brothers because comedy has changed so much. And not for the worse — I think in a lot of ways for the better. There are circumstantial comedies… For me, some of my favorite comedy is much more subtle stuff. Stuff that is more situational and circumstantial and character driven than gag driven but this is just old school gag driven comedy and there’s something that’s just so great about that. And The Marx Brothers do it better than anyone."

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