DUCK SOUP w/ DUCK SOUP!
Fri, Dec 20
|Epsilon Spires
Our Screwball Speakeasy series begins with the Marx Brother's anarchic classic: Duck Soup (1933) followed by a delicious dinner of Homemade Duck Soup & Sourdough Bread (Vegan "Faux Duck Pho" is also available!) Thematic cocktails inspired by Groucho, Harpo, Chico (and sometimes Zeppo) are included!
Time & Location
Dec 20, 2024, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Duck Soup (1933) is considered to be among the Marx Brothers' best films. Especially noted for its anarchic style, this classic comedy is a short (70 minutes) but cutting satire on nationalism and dictators, diplomacy and war, international intrigue and espionage. The Brothers were ecstatic when Italian dictator Benito Mussolini took the film as a personal insult and banned it in Italy. Why the title? It is claimed that Groucho provided the following recipe: "Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them together. After one taste, you’ll duck soup the rest of your life.“
After the screening we will enjoy a delicious communal supper of Homemade Duck Soup & Sourdough Bread with fresh herb butter. Choose between a hearty duck and wild rice soup with foraged mushrooms, or a vegan Vietnamese "Faux Duck Pho." Thematic cocktails inspired by Groucho, Harpo, Chico (and sometimes Zeppo) are…