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no_hypocrisy

(50,581 posts)
1. I watched The Paper Chase right before my first class in law school.
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 09:27 PM
Feb 8

John Houseman scared the crap out of me.

rsdsharp

(10,549 posts)
2. My first class in law school was contracts. The professor hated the phrase "meeting of the minds."
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 09:46 PM
Feb 8

He brought a blender into class on the first day. He threw some pig brains and some calf brains into the blender, hit frappé, and said, “That’s the only meeting of the minds I want to hear of in this class.

Compared to him, Professor Kingsfield was a breeze.

John1956PA

(3,813 posts)
3. I was in my first year also.
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 09:56 PM
Feb 8

The joke was that we hoped the show would get cancelled before we did.

BigmanPigman

(52,672 posts)
4. That film was on TCM a few days ago....
Sat Feb 8, 2025, 10:02 PM
Feb 8

I rewatched it. I never have been able to figure out what the hell the two lead actors saw in each other. I found them both to be self absorbed, immature individuals who were total bores. Maybe that is what brought them together.

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