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Disaffected Academics in Film

Continuing on with Marnie's theme of academics in film, there's this article from the Washington Post.

Going by the Book: 'Smart People' Trots out the Standardized Characters

Dennis Quaid's bearded, bed-headed professor joins a long line of disaffected academics in the movies. (By the way... I went to Carnegie Mellon and I didn't even know they had a literature program? What an odd choice of schools.)

Posted by Anthony Arrigo on April 11, 2008 5:27 PM |

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Don't worry; at least the movie got panned and will make about $3 at the B.O.

Posted by: Matthew Kaplan | April 12, 2008 11:41 AM

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