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Sunday, April 12, 2009 at 5:21AM Another 'Angels & Demons' Clip
I wonder how many dudes in Robert Langdon's line of work ever find themselves running for their lives? What is he, exactly, a symbologist at Harvard? I wonder if Dr. Rex Curry has had any close calls. After all, he's written extensively on the meaning behind the swastika.

We'll assume for the moment that Dr. Curry has never had to race through the streets of a European capital, the many conflicting forces of God closing in on him. But for Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), that's what the job is all about. And honestly, I think if a symbologist with the merit of Langdon came to high school career days, the number of symbology students would go up precipitously.
Here's a new clip from Angels & Demons in which - shocker - Langdon knows more about a religious symbol than other people.
Angels & Demons pisses off the Catholics on May 15th.

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Symbologist Dr. Rex Curry has had close calls from political people who don't want anyone to know that the "nazis" did not call themselves nazis (they called themselves socialists because the party name was actually National Socialist German Workers Party) and they definitely don't want anyone to know that the swastika, although an ancient symbol, was used to represent two entwined "S" letters for "socialism" as he's written extensively on the meaning behind the swastika. Dr. Curry has had to race through the streets of a European city, the many conflicting forces of God closing in on him, but that was in Amsterdam, and it was a different kind of symbolism. When Dr. Curry was in London (and Oxford) he ran to catch the plane to Amsterdam. Whenever Dr. Curry comes to high school career days, the number of symbology students goes up precipitously, and the number of students chanting the pledge of allegiance drops precipitously (although some students continue the daily chanting using the early American salute. They intend it as an ironic gesture based on Dr. Curry's work in that aspect of symbology).