Posted on 10/15/2008 3:01:18 PM PDT by ventanax5
Its from the Marx Brother’s movie Duck Soup. This is one of the great classic scenes in entertainment history and I believe that it is so memorable because it says something universal and scathing about mirrors, human behavior and illusion. The pas de deux between Groucho and Harpo starts out looking like an earnest attempt by Chico to imitate Groucho’s actions exactly- as if to fool him into thinking that he is really looking into a mirror instead of at a spy who is on a mission against him. Now, this scenario has been imitated by other pairs of actors and lesser comedic talents always play it straight. That is to say that the one playing the “Groucho” role will assume an attitude of ominous suspicion or innocent credulity.
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bump—I lOVED this, and was impatient at first because so many blogs are now being linked as news. But this is a wonderful article on the psychology of PC and narcissism as a dynamic in Obama’s campaign.
I think you might like this essay.
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