"Gummo"?

[Bob Haas]

Wasn't Gummo the Marx brother who opted NOT to follow the act from the
stage into the movies?  You can tag whatever baggage you want onto that
decision . . . .

Erin McKean wrote:

> Has anyone been hearing "Gummo" used to describe pointlessly banal
> Midwestern existence or generally, a bad thing?

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Bob Haas
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                    "Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"