Of Banjos And Guns


Do you think the Marx Brothers were making fun of anyone in particular when they take out banjos and perform a parody of "Oh Susanna" in exaggerated high-pitch voices during the "We're Going To War" sequence or was it just a general parody of early sound films?

Likewise, do you think the "All God's Chillin' Got Guns" performance during the "We're Going To War" sequence was making fun of anyone specific or just a parody of the kind of style of song that was popular at that time?

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Parody? Of course! Parody was their bread and butter.

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