Drama critic March 16, 2007
Posted by Library Answer Person in : 2007, Duke Libraries, Entertainment, Lobby Book , add a commentWhy is [student name] + Duke Plays so lame? And why did Duke Library buy into the lameness? [3350B]
To each his own, and I hope that no one makes you attend events that you don’t care for (AP doesn’t even go to all library staff meetings or parties!). Sorry if you were trying to study in the library that Friday evening.
Arrested Development February 20, 2007
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Entertainment , add a commentHas there been a funnier TV Show in the last 10 years? Even Family Guy can’t compare. Do you agree?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Certainly very funny, as is Family Guy (although as you may have noticed AP likes variety and avoids superlative ratings such as the best, worst, favorite, least favorite, etc.). Just sad that it ended.
Greek superheroes January 15, 2007
Posted by Library Answer Person in : 2007, Entertainment, Lobby Book , comments closedWould Achilles or Odysseus win in a fight between the two? [3338A]
Well, Brad Pitt played Achilles in the recent movie Troy, and Kirk Douglas played Odysseus (actually, Ulysses) in the 1950s Italian movie Ulysses (you might call this an early sort of spaghetti western, with dialogue from Italian actors dubbed into English — they showed that to us when we studied Greco-Roman civilization in high school; we also saw the movie version of Kiss Me Kate when studying Shakespeare). Anyway, I just don’t think Brad Pitt stacks up.
biggest parade September 21, 2006
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Entertainment , comments closedWhat is the biggest parade in the US by people in attendence? Is it the West Indian Carnival in Brooklyn?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The West Indian Carnaval in Brooklyn is supposed to have at least 2 million attendees, so it likely is. Certainly in NYC, and so likely in the USA. Estimates of such crowds are notoriously fuzzy, so there’s no official winner. The Sao Paulo Gay Parade bills itself as the largest in the world: http://www.v-brazil.com/tourism/sao-paulo/gay-parade-history.html at over 2 million attendees.
