Barbara Stanwyck: Taking out blue bloods, inferior card sharps, and prudish snake scientists all in one clean sweep
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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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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