Raiders of the Lost Ark: Poindexter Comes Alive

After Tim and Matt discuss the sheer joy of Raiders of the Lost Ark and how to basically hush and have fun, Tim starts to target Matt and call out his graduate exploits. Really he’s looking at Indiana Jones as the ultimate Poindexter Come Alive, a character type he traces in Ball of Fire and Losing Ground. Are you the type of academic who mugs at the camera in Peruvian temples, fights crime, or gets pedantic about the concept of art?

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