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Fredonia New York, about 30 miles south of Buffalo, complained that this movie gave their town a bad name to which Groucho replied:”Change the name of your town, it’s hurting our picture.”

The small nation of Freedonia goes bankrupt. Its wealthy benefactor, Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Dumont), will only continue to fund the country if Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho Marx) become the country’s president. The bordering nation of Sylvania sends in the spies Pinky (Harpo Marx) and Chicolini (Chico Marx) to set the stage for a revolution.

Duck Soup is a 1933 Marx Brothers film that is still culturally influential. The first scene is the only one in the film related to ducks or soup. The film is a clever political farce. While containing several politically sensitive moments that are of their time, it presents an attack on xenophobia that seems increasingly relevant in modern times.