Academics Have Fun

A colleague says cheerfully, “Yesterday, we decided to have a family night and watch a Holocaust movie. So we got together, made some popcorn, invited a few neighbors, got drinks. . . Then, of course, it turned out that Netflix didn’t have the Holocaust movie I wanted. But it’s OK, we soon found another Holocaust movie.”

“I have to say,” I tell her. “You have the weirdest way of enjoying yourself, what’s with watching Holocaust movies for fun and all.”

“But the Holocaust is my area of specialization!” the colleague says.