This week, scene recommends the following:
Arcobräu
why?
This Bavarian beer has been around since 1567, so you know it’s gotta be good.
Animated films
why?
They’re so good now they’ll even make you cry. “Up” anyone?
Releasing dolphins from captivity
why?
Forget “The Cove.” Did you know that Flipper committed suicide out of misery?
Zoltan Szabo
why?
This funky Hungarian professor of “Infinity” is taking some students to the great beyond every MW 11:30-12:25.
James Ussher (1581–1656)
why?
A prolific scholar of geology, Ussher most famously published a theory that Earth was created on the night preceding 23 October, 4004 BC -— a Saturday night.
Martin McDonagh
why?
“In the late 1990s, Martin McDonagh enjoyed the most auspicious theatrical debut since that of Oscar Wilde.” (Joan Fitzpatrick Dean)
John Milton
why?
Age 21: Didn’t drink alcohol. Didn’t eat meat. Didn’t masturbate. Didn’t sex.
Ethan Kuperberg
why?
“I am at two with nature.” Woody Allen
The Pleasure Dome
why?
The 1966 revision of Kenneth Anger’s classic 1954 short film was called “The Sacred Mushroom Edition”; this was taken a little too much to heart in the ’60s.
Claire Gordon’s bunny
why?
Lewis is fluffy, friendly and in need of a home. Contact claire.gordon@yale.edu.
Captain von Trapp
why?
Christopher Plummer is still sexy 45 years later.
Female directors
why?
There are just not enough of them.