The Week contest: Culture fraud

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”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Virginia
THIRD PLACE: “O Brother, Where’s Art Now?”
Claire Williams, Louisville, Kentucky
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
“The Blank Canvas”
Ivan Kershner, Salem, South Carolina
“The Culture Schlub”
Jesse Levy, Burbank, California
“The Artless Dodger”
Kim Blanchard, Pelham, New York
“Arts and Graft”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, California
“Read After Burning”
Kevin Gillogly, Thousand Oaks, California
“Dude, Where's My Library Card?"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
“Civilization and Its Dissed Contents”
Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Virginia
“Close Encounters with an Empty Mind”
Rich Regan, Foxboro, Massachusetts
“Feint of Art”
Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
“He’s Just Not That Into Usefulness”
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Virginia
“I Studied Culture by Eating Yogurt”
Michael Rouse, Troy, Michigan
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