...Born and raised in New York, Chico learned piano, Harpo learned harp, and Groucho learned boy soprano under their mother's guidance. They entered the world of vaudeville as a musical team (soon after Gamo was drafted into World War I, the team became four people). After a long period of training, they made their Broadway debut in 1924, and established a reputation for creating a new style of comedy and each member's unique personality in musicals. They were invited by Paramount to make five films, from the well-received film adaptations of the stage play The Coconuts (1929) and The Beasts of the Beasts (1930) to the masterpiece I Am a Duck (1933) directed by Leo McCarey (after this, Zeppo became a manager, and the team became three people). Later, they were invited by Irving Thalberg to appear in 13 films, mainly for MGM, from The Opera (1935) to Love Happy (1949). The Marx Brothers were comedians who rejected the idea of truthfulness through fiction and common sense logic, and it was said that the essence of their gags was nonsense that overturned common sense, and their "absurd" slapstick comedy was praised for bringing life to the screen with its surreal, anarchic quality. *Some of the terminology that refers to "Opera Dancing" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…ニューヨークに生まれ育ち,母のもとでチコはピアノ,ハーポはハープ,グルーチョはボーイ・ソプラノを習得し,ミュージカル・チームとしてボードビルの世界に入り(まもなくガモは第1次世界大戦に応召して4人チームとなる),長い下積みの時代を送ったのち,1924年にブロードウェーにデビューし,ミュージカルでかつてない笑いのスタイルと各自独特の個性をつくりあげて評判を定着させた。そしてパラマウントへ招かれ,好評だった舞台の映画化《ココナッツ》(1929)と《けだもの組合》(1930)からレオ・マッケリー監督による傑作《我輩はカモである》(1933)まで5本の映画をつくり(これを最後にゼッポはマネージャーに転向し,チームは3人となる),その後は,アービング・タルバーグに招かれておもにMGMで《オペラは踊る》(1935)から《ラブ・ハッピー》(1949)まで8本,合計13本に出演した。 マルクス兄弟は虚構による真実らしさや常識的な論理を否定したコメディアンであり,そのギャグの本質は常識をくつがえした〈ナンセンス〉にあるといわれ,また,その〈不条理な〉スラプスティック喜劇は超現実的ともいえるアナーキーな特質によってスクリーンに生気をみなぎらせると評された。… ※「《オペラは踊る》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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