【美国人物志】马克思兄弟 (2/12)

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美国早期的喜剧演员中，除了卓别林Charles Chaplin、巴斯特·基顿Buster Keaton和劳埃德Harold Lloyd之外，Marx兄弟也非常受欢迎。他们也是最经典的喜剧之王，被称为无政府主义四贱客，尽管他们只合作了十数部电影，但仍被誉为影史最成功的喜剧团体之一，他们堪称无厘头的鼻祖，热衷于塑造或癫狂或装傻充愣的人物，表现荒诞不经的内容，并凭此独步20世纪 30年代的喜剧电影界。 今天，他们的喜剧看起来已经过时了，但在30年代，他们给人们带来的惊喜不亚于卓别林，凡是比较权威的电影史书籍，都不会错过介绍这几个活宝。
         
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Groucho Marx
Rufus T. Firefly
Otis B. Driftwood
Hugo Z. Hackenbush
Zeppo
       
               
       
Groucho Marx looked funny. He had large black eyebrows and a hairy mustache. But they were painted on his face. He spoke very quickly. And he walked in a funny way. He played people with funny names, like Rufus T. Firefly. Otis B. Driftwood. And Doctor Hugo Z. Hackenbush.
Groucho was not a very nice person in the movies. He often insulted or made fun of rich or important people. He made fun of doctors, college officials, opera singers, diplomats and government officials. He even insulted his son, played in this example by Zeppo.