Mixed Nuts (1934)

Oddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal although the satire is of a very lightweight and lighthearted nature The film begins at a city council meeting where an unidentified politician announces that the government has released 50000 for the relief of unemployed plumbers This prompts applause but also a pointed question from an angry woman who wants to know what the government is going to do for the members of her profession chorus girls The politician glibly replies that the administration has set aside moneytwo million dollars no lessfor the reeducation of chorus girls to fit them for the better things in life