Losley adapted from the hit Broadway review of the same name, 'Hellzapoppin'' is essentially a meta comedy about the process of adaptation, similar in a way to the Charlie Kaufman movie 'Adaptation' only a hell of a lot more surreal. This is the closet thing I've seen to a live action Tex Avery cartoon, and I include 'The Mask' in that assessment. A showcase of visual gags, absurdist humor, camera tricks and 4th wall breaking. The Marx Brothers on crack, how is this movie so obscure? With Chick Johnson, Ole Olsen, Martha Ray, Jane Frazee, Hugh Herbert, Shemp Howard and Elisha Cook Jr. ***1/2
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