notbob wrote:
> On 2011-09-06, M. JL Esq. > wrote:
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>>But when i watched it as an adult, it was just sad, from the start
>>with Jimmy Durante literally kicking the bucket and the poor
>>immigrant family run off the road (comically) to the last prat fall
>>that puts Ethel Merman in the hospital with a broken leg.
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> Boy JL, you need to get down to a Tea Party doctor, quick. You're
> suffering from a near terminal case of liberal white man's guilt.
>

I just don't find people suffering to be funny. No more than i am
entertained by drama and tragedy.

> That movie is timeless, and still freakin' hilarious. It's a showcase
> for all the comedians of the era and a style of comedy as old as
> vaudville. Right or wrong, it's a historic time capsule in movie
> form. Brilliant, by any metric.

I agree its a very well made movie, even, of its type, a "classic" i
just don't find it as funny as i did as a child.
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JL
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> nb
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