Title: Did you like the 1920s slang?
Product review: One of the attractions of this quirky, entertaining film, shot in retro black and white, is its use of the rich slang of the "Roaring Twenties." For viewers who might want to visit that decade's colloquial language, there are good introductory lists of slang expressions of the 1920s on the net.However, some short stories of the 1920s would pull you into that world better than any list of phrases. The giant of that decade's slang was the short story writer Damon Runyon. Ring Lardner was another writer of short stories and sports columns that were admired for their slang. Their writing inspired a number of films ("Guys and Dolls," for instance).If these names don't ring a bell, reading online articles on these two writers would be a good place to start, and inexpensive used copies of their short stories are available from internet booksellers.-30-
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