Two Can Play at This Thumbing the Nose Game
Preston Sturges was just as good at sticking it to the blue bloods, and he had real characters, too
By Kimberley Jones, 11:11PM, Tue. Oct. 14, 2008
Don't think I didn't hear the deep sigh in your "Oh, Kim." Listen, Josh, it's not like I've closed the book on the Marxes. I had a good chuckle at your Duck Soup clip. It's just how I like the Marx Brothers – in three-minute bits.
I'm all for class warfare, and gender warfare, too. I'd just rather watch Preston Sturges do it.
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