This week's question: The head of culture in the Colombian city of Medellín was forced to resign after publicly confessing he had "no idea" how to do his job — or even what a library was. If Hollywood were to make a farce about Manuel Córdoba's cultural misadventures, what would it be titled?
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THE WINNER: “Night at the, Uh, Building with Important Things”
John Swing, Fredericksburg, Virginia
SECOND PLACE: “The Man Who Knew Too Little”
THIRD PLACE: “O Brother, Where’s Art Now?”
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
“The Blank Canvas”
“The Culture Schlub”
Jesse Levy, Burbank, California
“The Artless Dodger”
“Arts and Graft”
“Read After Burning”
“Dude, Where's My Library Card?"
“Civilization and Its Dissed Contents”
“Close Encounters with an Empty Mind”
Rich Regan, Foxboro, Massachusetts
“Feint of Art”
“He’s Just Not That Into Usefulness”
“I Studied Culture by Eating Yogurt”
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