6 thoughts on “The Adventures of Ashley Madder, Page Nineteen

  1. Karl would have been better off going into showbusiness like his brothers.

    • Karl might well have missed his main chance. The opening paragraph of the “Fetishism of Commodities” chapter in Capital certainly shows a flair for comedy.

      At least one of the Marx brothers might have missed his chance the other way. Julius (that is to say, Groucho) apparently wanted to be a doctor, but his mother insisted that he go on the stage instead. Although he was certainly successful at the latter career, I cannot help but that he suffered thereby a trauma unique in the history of Jewish manhood.

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