The False Promise of the Scientist ex Machina

摘要

In a scene in the movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen is waiting in line to enter a movie and becomes disgusted with a guy near him in the line who is blathering about media expert Marshall McLuhan. Woody finally turns to the guy and tells him that he doesn't know what he's talking about. The guy responds that he must be right because he teaches a course about TV, media, and culture at Columbia University. Woody then walks over behind a large marketing placard and emerges with Marshall McLuhan, who proceeds to tell the pompous professor, "I heard what you were saying. You know nothing of my work.... How you ever got to teach a course in anything is totally amazing." Woody turns to the camera and says, "Boy, if life were only like this."