Reality you can't find in fiction - eviltoast
  • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
    78·
    5 days ago

    Alt: duck soup movie poster, in which a grifter con man fails upward to leading a country, makes a mockery of justice, appoints idiots spying for a foreign government, and ends up in a losing war and destruction.

      • whotookkarl@lemmy.world
        21·
        5 days ago

        And some song lyrics from the first music number:

        The last man nearly ruined this place,

        He didn’t know what to do with it

        If you think this country’s bad enough now,

        Just wait till I get through with it. /

        The country’s taxes must be fixed,

        And I know what to do with it.

        If you think you’re paying too much now,

        Just wait till I get through with it. /

        I will not stand for anything

        That’s crooked or unfair.

        I’m strictly on the up and up,

        So everyone beware. /

        If anyone’s caught taking graft

        And I don’t get my share,

        We stand ‘em up against the wall…

        And pop goes the weasel!