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Doug Riblet <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 18 Nov 1993 22:26:14 -0600
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Don Ulin writes:
 
>I don't want to flood everyone's mail with answers to a question
>that only I am interested in, but I would like any
>suggestions that anyone may have.
 
I can recall several threads that did not interest me in the slightest
clogging my mailbox in the recent past.  It just goes with the territory.
Personally, I find this question rather interesting.
 
>THE QUESTION:  I'm trying to add some film to a course I've taught
>before on the language and community of science.  What I'm looking
>for is examples of stereotypes of scientists: the scientist as hero;
>the mad, dangerous scientist; the helpless scientist; seekers after
>power; scientist as adventurer.  I'm especially interested in
>examples of the scientist as foolish, childish, and/or in a world
>of (inevitably) his own.
 
The best example of this last stereotype would have to
be Jerry Lewis's _The Nutty Professor_
 
While I'm not a huge admirer of Lewis in general, this is a great film.
 
You might also consider Sinclair Lewis's (no relation) novel
_Arrowsmith_ as an example of the "scientist as hero."  John
Ford made a film version in the early 1930s, but I don't
think it's a very good adaptation.  It shows up on AMC every
now and then.
 
 
Doug Riblet
University of Wisconsin--Madison
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