Podcasts Culture Vox Tablet The Man Behind the Mustache

The Man Behind the Mustache

Published: Jan. 20, 2016, 5 a.m.

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When we think of Groucho Marx, we think of a giant of comedy. From his cigar to his wisecracks, Groucho, along with his brothers, established the fundamentals of American comedy. Indeed, it was he who first said he\\u2019d want no part of a club that would have him as a member\\u2014a notion made famous by a Brooklyn-bred heir named Woody Allen.

As critic Lee Siegel argues in Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence, Marx\\u2019s humor was predicated on disdain toward others\\u2014he was hardly a cuddly character, or a champion of the downtrodden, as critics and fans alike have painted him. Groucho and his brothers were all about disrupting social norms and...

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