“Say, if you get near a song, play it!”
- Groucho to Chico in ANIMAL CRACKERS
THANK YOU
to everyone who participated in the live stream on September 30! The entire presentation is now available to watch anytime.
Note: The program itself begins around the 10:30 mark. It runs just under two hours, and is followed by a Q&A session.
In Home Again: The Marx Brothers and New York City (2020), we looked at the Brothers' hometown through a Marxian lens. In There’s Nothing Like Liberty: The Marx Brothers and America (2021), we examined the Americanness of the Marx Brothers and the Marx Brothersness of America. But there's a figurative place that was always home to the Brothers, regardless of where they lived or worked; and it was home long before they were comedians. In If You Get Near a Song, Play It: The Marx Brothers and Music, we explore the music they made and the music that made them.
