Duck Soup

I viewed the film Duck Soup a 1933 release starring the Marx Brothers. The film was set in the fictional country of Freedonia. Groucho Marx is appointed leader of this  country by the widow of the former leader who basically told the powers that be, if they want 20 million dollars, then they will have to appoint (Rufus T. Firefly) the character played by Groucho Marx. One of the things in the opening credits that caught my attention was the film was a proud NRA member (we do our part), that struct me as odd until after I did some research and found out that the NRA, did not mean or have affiliation with the Nation Rifle Association. NRA stood for The National Recovery Administration, which came about under the administration of President Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. during that era many members of the film, and radio industry were very supportive of the recovery that was going on during the Great Depression era. This film was basically a Vaudevillian act set to film. It was both a comedy and a musical. The comedy in the film relied on the "one liner jokes" and physical comedy and the musical aspect was related o a particular scene within the film. However there are some observations made during viewing of this film.  There was some sexual innuendo throughout the film. The main character dancer dressed very sensual, including showing cleavage, while the other main female within the film was dressed more conservative. There was also some over-dubbing on the characters during certain scenes. Curious about why, what was the original scene and line? However during the film there was a interaction between Groucho Marx and the character portrayed by Margaret Dumont that I found rather interesting.  The scene was about a person being" headstrong and arm strong  and the two got married and that's how darkies was born"....that was blatant racist. However during that era of film and in society racial jokes were the norm and at acceptable.