I recently watched Party Girl, a movie about a girl/young lady, Mary (played by Parker Posey) who most definitely does not have her stuff together and is taken in by her librarian God Mother. It’s a very interesting movie especially from a librarian’s perspective. It’s also obvious there weren’t any librarians consulted in making it (too many errors in how libraries are run) and several stereotypes that just don’t add up. All the same, it really enjoyed it.
My spouse and I watched it together. He said it’s “a movie exclusively for librarians.” While I don’t entirely agree with that statement, I did enjoy it and I’m sure non-librarian minded folks would do the same.
I won’t spoil the ending since you just might watch it. It’s available to play instantly on Netflix.
Trailer here: http://youtu.be/B9tshSME0WQ
I learned about the movie due to the movie poster my Professor has on her office wall. I figured, ‘why not?’ When I told Dr. Radford I had watched the movie she was very excited and incidentally had written a paper on the movie. How neat! She gave me a copy. I have yet to read it over, but I’m planning on it. A bit of summer reading for me:
Marie L. Radford and Gary P. Radford. "Librarians and Party Girls: Cultural Studies and the Meaning of the Librarian." Library Quarterly 73(1): 54-69.
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