
Ronaldo: The Phantom Carrot Snatcher
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Ronaldo and Rudi discover friends come in all shapes and sizes as they embark on a superhero mission...

Abide (An Awakened Fate Novella)
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Life in her underwater home of Nyciena has always been fun and games to Ina Ociras, until now. Her...
mermaid fantasy paranormal romance young adult ya

S.W.A.T - Season 1
TV Season Watch
Daniel "Hondo" Harrelson, a Los Angeles S.W.A.T. lieutenant, is assigned to lead a highly skilled...

Vincent the Vixen: A Story to Help Children Learn about Gender Identity
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Vincent is a fox who loves to play dress-up with their brothers and sisters, but when they always...

Damsel (2018)
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It’s the age of The Wild West, circa 1870. An affluent pioneer, Samuel Alabaster (Robert...

Wonder Woman, Volume 4: War
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Wonder Woman's father, Zeus, has disappeared.Her family - aunts and uncles, brothers and sisters,...

Charlotte (184 KP) rated Smith's Corner: Alora & Ash (The Heartwood Series #3) in Books
Jan 14, 2022
Book three in the Heartwood series managed to smack me right in the feels!
Each character had their own reasons for their actions and was strong enough to own that. As with all good romance though things don't run smoothly into wedded bliss. Secrets that can't be hidden any longer, disappointment and hurt that needs addressing and trust needs to been earned.
This is a brilliant edition to the Heartwood series and I love the whole family aspect that is always present. The depth of love and loyalty that spills out and encompasses, not only the brothers, but their chose partner is always heart-fluttering to witness.
As always, this is an adult read that deserves chocolate and a cheeky drink while snuggled up on the sofa!

Reservations (Reservations #1)
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Wildly successful entrepreneur, Thane Walker is stubbornly set in his ways and adamantly resists the...
Contemporary MM Romance

Impact Zone
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While living at the beach and surfing every day may seem idyllic, in the summer of '89...
young adult

RəX Regent (349 KP) rated Duck Soup (1933) in Movies
Feb 18, 2019
Here we have before you one of the most famous entries form The Marx Brothers as they made their indelible mark on Hollywood(land) and the silver screen back in the 1930’s, moving away from their Vaudeville roots to new level of immortally on celluloid.
The fifth film to credit the “The Marx Brothers”, Duck Soup in on one hand a sharply written satire on the weakness of mob mentality to willingly promote unwelcome change to their society and their willingness to follow just about any lunatic as long as they like what they hear; as well as a straight forward slapstick comedy of the time, in keeping with its music hall roots.
It is the music hall aspect of this classic which can be harder for a modern audience to take to, unless you are already disposed to this sort of rather dated humour. But as a satire, it is brilliant and still very funny over seventy years on.
Groucho Marx steals the show as Rufus T. Firefly as he leads his unwitting and possibly dimwitted fictional country of Fredonia (geddit?) to war and ultimate destruction. He is a character, whilst not in any way taking off Adolf Hitler, who was of course rising to power in Germany at this very moment, was clearly a reflection on this type of reckless and charismatic leader and as the hilarious final act demonstrates, is all too common in history and even in our present.
And the fact that Fredonia is ultimately doomed, was a coincidental foreshadowing of Nazi Germany’s fate a decade later, as well as a clear demonstration of the savvy writing.
Witty, whether it is the physical trademark Marx Brothers comedy or the sharp screenplay by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, based on the stage version of the same name, this a classic satire; whilst not being as hard hitting a s Chaplin’s works of the period, with The Great Dictator (1940) springing to mind, it still holds up and makes its point without hammering you over the head it.
So, you can just enjoy the show and/or take away the message, it is really up to you.