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Leaves of Grass summarizes academia

by ccManager
Commentary summary:
A rural hick highlights the solipsism of academic writing
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In a movie about twin brothers who were separated as teenagers, Ed Norton plays both an Ivy League philosophy professor and a rural Oklahoma drug grower. In this scene, the outsider perception of academic writing is thrown into stark relief via a dialogue between the two brothers over high theory.

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Copyright 2010, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. ccManager. (2011, August 03). Leaves of Grass summarizes academia. Retrieved May 17, 2012, from Critical Commons Web site: http://criticalcommons.org/Members/ccManager/commentaries/leaves-of-grass-summarizes-academia. This work is licensed under a No Copyright; No Rights Reserved.