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A
synopsis of librarians portrayed in some movies:
Black Mask:
Jet
Li plays Tsui, a man who had his nerve center removed when he was a
member of
the 701 Squad, a military type unit. During an operation
events go wrong and he believes he is the only member of his squad that
survives. Therefore, he walks away from his military life to
settle into an ordinary one working in a library. He is awkward
and shy at work, but does joke around with his friend, Rock, who is a
policeman. When events start to threaten his friend he takes
action and dons a black mask in order to conceal his identity while he
fights crime. In order to protect his secret identity he pretends
to be helpless in ordinary life. However, when he puts on the
black mask he is unlike any typical librarian.
Blade:
The
librarian/archivist in this movie has a very brief appearance.
Pearl works in an archive that is accessed through
the fridge at a nightclub. She/he works for vampires. Pearl
is known as the record keeper and works surrounded by many
computers. Pearl is essentially a large blob, it is impossible to
determine whether it is human or not, never mind whether it is female
or male.
Desk Set:
Katharine Hepburn plays Miss Bunny Watson, head of reference at the
Federal Broadcasting Company. She and her female co-workers all
dress very nicely, some sexily. Bunny wears her hair pulled back,
sometimes with a pencil stuck through it. Each has an area of
specialty, but all are very knowledgeable, able to answer many
questions very quickly. They are quite playful with each other,
and let loose at the Christmas party, drinking and
dancing. Bunny is an extremely intelligent woman, knowing most
answers right away, regardless of what topic they are on. She has
a college degree with a library course from Columbia. The only
reason she did not pursue a Ph.D. was that she ran out of money.
She does not want to be an old maid, and has been seeing the same man
for seven years. The reference librarians in this movie are
worried about a gigantic computer taking over their jobs.
Although, they are told it is merely there to make their work easier.
Ghostbusters:
Alice is a librarian at the New York Public Library. She is a
middle-aged woman with gray hair, and wears a high necked blouse and a
cardigan. She is understandably scared by the unnatural phenomena
inhabiting the library. The librarian in charge, a man, is very
uptight. The ghost librarian tells the Ghostbusters to "shhh".
Goodbye,
Columbus: Neil Klugman is an assistant librarian working
at the
Public Library in the Bronx. He lives with his Aunt Gladys and
Uncle Mike. He went to college as an English literature major,
but quit to join the army, which he enjoyed. After the army he
started working at the library, which he does not really enjoy, but
does until he can think of something better to do. He dresses
nicely and does not wear glasses. He is forward, pushy, funny,
and can be kind as witnessed when he goes out of his way for a young
patron.
Major League:
Rene Russo plays Lynn Wells, a librarian in Cleveland who developed one
of the United States' best special collection departments in a mere two
years. She has a Masters Degree. She was an alternate on
the Olympic team for the 200 meter individual medley, so she is
obviously quite athletic. While at work she wears glasses and
sensible clothing with her hair pulled back. However, when not at
work she wears sexier clothes with her hair down.
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