Much Needed Movie Relief

  • Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned
    To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
  • Duck Soup
  • Much Needed Movie Relief

    Some years ago, think it was a flight westward, I remember plugging in headphones and watching Duck Soup. More as an amusement for myself, and a reminder of why this was a considered, “a classic.” Which, in my mind, it is.

    As the world was marching towards a Second World War, with fascists gaining power in the west? Duck Soup was mere comedy, with a light and satirical message. Almost prescient?

    Dr. Strangelove is a more obvious choice. It takes the absurdist, “end of the world scenario and pushes it over the top.

    Also almost prescient?

    Much Needed Movie Relief


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    About the author: Born and raised in a small town in East Texas, Kramer Wetzel spent years honing his craft in a trailer park in South Austin. He hates writing about himself in third person. More at KramerWetzel.com.

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