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Patron Saint of the Underdog

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An estimated 4 million people visit the Rocky Statue every year. That’s more than double the amount that go to the Liberty Bell. Surprising for a monument that the city once rejected as merely a movie prop. We speak to people who wait in line to snap a picture or run up the Art Museum steps to find out what motivates this pilgrimage. Their surprising answers take us across the globe and range from quirky to deep.

Show Notes

Laura Holzman’s book Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century.
6ABC News clips from the Temple University Libraries Digital Collections.
Website for Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown.
Learn more about Haseeb Payab’s journey from Afghanistan to Philly in this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Visiting the Rocky Statue and Art Museum Steps.
The official Rocky Statue website.

… continue reading

7 episoder

#Society #Arts #Cinema #Documentaries #WHYY

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Patron Saint of the Underdog

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published 1+ y ago

Del

MP3•Episode hjem

Indhold leveret af WHYY. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af WHYY eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.

An estimated 4 million people visit the Rocky Statue every year. That’s more than double the amount that go to the Liberty Bell. Surprising for a monument that the city once rejected as merely a movie prop. We speak to people who wait in line to snap a picture or run up the Art Museum steps to find out what motivates this pilgrimage. Their surprising answers take us across the globe and range from quirky to deep.

Show Notes

Laura Holzman’s book Contested Image: Defining Philadelphia for the Twenty-First Century.
6ABC News clips from the Temple University Libraries Digital Collections.
Website for Steadicam inventor Garrett Brown.
Learn more about Haseeb Payab’s journey from Afghanistan to Philly in this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Visiting the Rocky Statue and Art Museum Steps.
The official Rocky Statue website.

… continue reading

7 episoder

#Society #Arts #Cinema #Documentaries #WHYY

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