The Marx Brothers and Karl Marx have very little in common except that last name.

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His fourth wife, Barbara, had been married to one of the Marx brothers.

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But at least one Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup skates through some economic territory their Marxist namesake would recognize.

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The film comes to a climax with a ferocious argument in a tiny room, a scene that is half Marx Brothers, half Sophocles.

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With the sunken eyes of a Munch painting and the floppy limbs that characterise the Marx brothers, Mr Rush's Berenger is a despot in decline.

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She and her partner have come to meetings in Marx Brothers glasses and hats, showed a classic "I Love Lucy" clip and asked members to share funny stories.

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Mine, by far, is A Night at the Opera, featuring the brothers Marx.

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