"I wanted to get at the roots of his humor, and I wanted to get at what made him an icon," Siegel says. Siegel says his work aimed to get behind the comic's commonly accepted image - and find the man behind the icon. "But my feeling is that Groucho was out to deflate everybody - that he was a thoroughgoing misanthrope." "The conventional image of Groucho was that he was on the side of the little guy, and he spoke defiantly and insolently to powerful people and wealthy people," Lee Siegel, the author of Groucho Marx: The Comedy of Existence, tells NPR's Michel Martin. Marx was known for frequently taking aim at the rich and powerful in his comedies - but a new biography suggests a more sinister side to Julius "Groucho" Marx.
His bushy black eyebrows, thick mustache and ever-present cigar have long been iconic. While not everyone has seen Groucho Marx's films, many people would still recognize the comedian. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Groucho Marx Subtitle The Comedy of Existence Author Lee Siegel
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