A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1935) *** Unbridled intellectual terrorism by the Marx brothers. Law, business, law enforcement, art in general and set design in particular, the concept of heroes, baseball bats not made of violin...all fall prey to the mighty satire of the evangelists of aesthetic anarchism. In their incarnation as Italians Chico and Harpo are naturally a bit on the violent side, but as situational moralists they save the worst of it for opera impresarios, capitalist tenors, the New York police chief and other unsavory authoritarian figures. Harpo Marx' Concerto in Cracked Knuckles for Piano, Harp, and Children's Voices is indescribably fluid.
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