tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post5002708649166906309..comments2024-03-24T21:42:48.278-04:00Comments on Another Old Movie Blog: The 1920s - Then and Now series #4 - The Cocoanuts - 1929Jacqueline T. Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-83606223903503284852018-03-30T07:13:53.394-04:002018-03-30T07:13:53.394-04:00I will definitely enjoy their plays then!I will definitely enjoy their plays then!Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245009277944006278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-34782159518066453082018-03-29T08:46:47.152-04:002018-03-29T08:46:47.152-04:00Thank you, Sophia. The Marx Brothers are particula...Thank you, Sophia. The Marx Brothers are particularly sarcastic, and yet in such a silly way, and at so many targets, it's amazing. Never was satire so ridiculous.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-40567577943691616422018-03-26T08:32:05.142-04:002018-03-26T08:32:05.142-04:00Thank you for this review. I really enjoy satirica...Thank you for this review. I really enjoy satirical plays and novels. I love how writers use sarcasm and humour to reveal the harsh reality of society. I will definitely add this movie on my to-watch list. Sophiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17245009277944006278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-91776449504100116222018-02-25T16:25:48.826-05:002018-02-25T16:25:48.826-05:00We've been so dumbed down, I think a lot of it...We've been so dumbed down, I think a lot of it would fly over the heads of many today. <br /><br />"Moider." Hah.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-81393226115562272492018-02-25T15:32:42.071-05:002018-02-25T15:32:42.071-05:00Oh, no question they got away with moider. :) I wo...Oh, no question they got away with moider. :) I wonder if they would get away with all of it today. In today's climate. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-15223192535878240652018-02-24T17:58:42.848-05:002018-02-24T17:58:42.848-05:00Thank you, Yvette. What amazes me about the Marx ...Thank you, Yvette. What amazes me about the Marx Brothers is how they became such mainstream pop icons, and yet their satire was really so intelligent and really subversive to the cultural conservative norms. I think they distracted us so much with their silliness, that we weren't always catching the cleverness of how much they got away with in terms of poking fun at convention.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-52421777745506244142018-02-24T17:09:22.472-05:002018-02-24T17:09:22.472-05:00What a wonderful review, Jacqueline. Especially si...What a wonderful review, Jacqueline. Especially since I agree with you wholeheartedly about this movie. It still makes me laugh, it still has something to say despite the lunacy on display. My favorite Marx Bros. film is DUCK SOUP and secondly, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA, but THE COCOANUTS is third on my list. :) I didn't know that Groucho was a Democrat all his life - good for him. This makes me like him even more than I already do which is plenty. I feel sorry for people who have grown up not knowing or even understanding the Marx Bros. Not seeing their movies and howling with laughter. Sad for them. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-7425011716705845242018-02-23T21:00:47.488-05:002018-02-23T21:00:47.488-05:00The stock market certainly was a huge pop culture ...The stock market certainly was a huge pop culture item in that decade. I think more people are involved in it today, but probably don't realize that their pensions and retirement plans are invested in the market and that they may be more vulnerable than they realize, even if they've never contacted a broker in their lives.Jacqueline T. Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11047941886908178350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7092350404895325373.post-51877847112998611842018-02-23T09:00:32.011-05:002018-02-23T09:00:32.011-05:00This line, and the thin and blurring line between ...This line, and the thin and blurring line between reflection and creation will spin around in my brain for some time to come. "...in a society where the media was beginning not only to reflect who we were but to create who we were."<br /><br />So much links us to the 1920s that it is both frightening and comforting. Comforting for the lessons we could learn, and frightening when you realize so many are not open to learning those lessons.<br /><br />Years ago I read Bring on the Girls, a memoir by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse. A strong memory was how it seemed that EVERYBODY was into the stock market. Your barber, the elevator man, the maid tidying up hotel rooms - everybody had a tip, and everybody was getting rich. Fate had other plans.Caftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.com