Re: The Mechanical Universe

["Tom K. McCarthy" <mcca6300@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov>]

> The audience shots are ironic. They are, of course, partly B-roll over
> David Goodstein's lines, but I think they are also meant to make physics
> more "inclusive", featuring as they do students of various genders,
> races, and degrees of nerdity. It is ironic because Caltech is probably
> the most exclusive undergraduate institution in the country. They don't
> admit dummies, an elitist admissions policy if there ever was one. It
> also bothers me that they use the *same* B-roll audience shots over
> again, perhaps another sop to PC - they're conspicuously recycling.

Am I correct in saying that Gilda Radner is sitting in the class taking 
the course?!

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T.K. McCarthy,   Email:mcca6300@spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov