Our screening party was so much fun, we’re doing it again!
It was standing room only (well, actually sitting on the floor room) at our Melbourne screening party. We passed the popcorn around, had a drink or 2 and a load of laughs. The sets and the characters looked remarkably familiar. We wondered if some of our staff meetings had been bugged. We congratulate the creators on a job well done.
I still think “The Librarians” was based on a particular Melbourne public library service, with staff acting as consultants to the script writers, but no-one in the crowd was owning up last night.
We enjoyed the show so much that we’ve decided to come back together at the end of the series for the final episode. Thanks to RMIT for hosting us for the 1st episode. Keep our seats warm, we’ll be back in 5 weeks time to do it again.
November 1st, 2007 at 7:44 am
Here’s my report on last night’s Canberra screening event at NLA: http://theshoppingsherpa.blogspot.com/2007/11/librarians.html
November 1st, 2007 at 9:16 am
Thanks for organising it Margie! See you in five weeks time.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:24 pm
Its great that so many had a good time socialising ,as the program itself was very poor satire. Stereotypes ruled , with only small glimpses of “real life” public libray life and “real” library worker types/characters. Obviously a lot of money , had been spent. The script just didnt work. I really hope it gets better, however, i think unfunny implausibilities will kill any chance ….a great pity
November 1st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
It was good to see such a healthy turnout at RMIT last night. Margie, I commend you for organising it, and for drawing information professionals with self-deprecating senses of humour out of the woodwork.