Second Series
[14s More of Me and Gus lost some of the sparkle of the original series, or have I merely become so familiar with the formula to which the stories are written that no surprises seem to be left? The opening foreshadows the end; either well-meaning Mark -wili launch an enterprise, Gus will interfere, Gus will suffer and Mark will be 1eviled; or, alternatively, Gus will attempt something, Mark will offer advice, unasked for and ignored, the scheme wili fail, and once again Mark will be in the wrong. There is a vaguely dis-
appointing quality in most sequels, and it is difficult to say where the fault lies. The current T/FH is rarely regarded as being up to the standard of its forerunners, while ITMA fans lament the falling-off that TIFH, even at its best, represented: and admirers of the Marx. brothers seem to agree only in the belief that the first Marx brothers’ film which they themselves first saw was the best. So it may be that one should not cxpect the first shock of meeting Me and Gus to be repeated. This second series is still amusing, and Bill Beavis’s reading impeccable in manner and in accent. And the series itself, quite apart from the amusement it gives, is to be wel-| comed as a relief from the solemnity with which, publicly at least, we normally regard ourselves.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 737, 28 August 1953, Page 11
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232Second Series New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 737, 28 August 1953, Page 11
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