{"id":14935,"date":"2011-04-21T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T22:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=14935"},"modified":"2018-04-14T21:48:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T01:48:43","slug":"movie-break-harpos-artful-improvisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/04\/21\/movie-break-harpos-artful-improvisation\/","title":{"rendered":"movie break: harpo&#8217;s artful improvisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QaZZRfx89W0?start=19\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/QaZZRfx89W0?t=19s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Video link here.<\/a>) We&#8217;ve always loved this astonishing, hilarious and beautiful scene from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Day_at_the_Races_(film)\">A Day at the Races<\/a>, when Harpo buys time while being chased by the chic hotel&#8217;s security. In sublime improvisational mode, he is a true artist at work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When life hands you lemons (a piano and a bunch of cops), make&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Video link here.) We&#8217;ve always loved this astonishing, hilarious and beautiful scene from A Day at the Races, when Harpo buys time while being chased by the chic hotel&#8217;s security. In sublime improvisational mode, he is a true artist at work. &#8220;When life hands you lemons (a piano and a bunch of cops), make&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..!&#8221;<\/p>\n<a class=\"read-more-link\" href=\" https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2011\/04\/21\/movie-break-harpos-artful-improvisation\/ \">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[458,6554,88,31,6549,89,6,800],"tags":[2291,2293,2292],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>movie break: harpo&#039;s artful improvisation - Improvised Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"(Video link here.) 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