Two notes on Indiana Jones, teacher and archaeologist. One, via Andrew, McSweeney’s looks at why Dr. Jones was denied tenure.
Two, something I didn’t realize until last night. At the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, the government agents tell Indy that top men are examining the ark. “What are their names?” he demands. “Top men,” the agent replies. I always thought he was demanding their names so he could track them down. Instead, he probably wanted their names because he’d know the names of all the top researchers in his field.
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I always thought ‘top men’ was a pun about the image of the guy putting the top on the box. ‘Top men’ – as a statement of what their job was, not their credentials. OR maybe that’s what everyone thought…
It also strikes me that this movie features Indy as teacher more than the others, or at least has more reference to that facet of his career.