Kenneth Cohen

And the show was about people who make something out of nothing. The show wasn't about nothing. It was about people who make something out of nothing. The puffy shirt is a kind of way to say, stop taking yourself so seriously. And that's not nothing, right? Especially in the context of 1990s US history, the explosion of celebrity culture.

And the show was about people who make something out of nothing. The show wasn't about nothing. It was about people who make something out of nothing. The puffy shirt is a kind of way to say, stop taking yourself so seriously. And that's not nothing, right? Especially in the context of 1990s US history, the explosion of celebrity culture.

And the show was about people who make something out of nothing. The show wasn't about nothing. It was about people who make something out of nothing. The puffy shirt is a kind of way to say, stop taking yourself so seriously. And that's not nothing, right? Especially in the context of 1990s US history, the explosion of celebrity culture.

The whole show, Seinfeld, I think, is really about striving so hard that you become a little self-centered and petty in really ridiculous ways that backfire in your face.

The whole show, Seinfeld, I think, is really about striving so hard that you become a little self-centered and petty in really ridiculous ways that backfire in your face.

The whole show, Seinfeld, I think, is really about striving so hard that you become a little self-centered and petty in really ridiculous ways that backfire in your face.

Yes, we have one jacket, hat, and one of the bull whips. And you know, it's funny, Smithsonian folks actually don't like Indiana Jones that much. People always think our storage room looks like the one at the end of the first movie where the Ark of the Covenant sort of disappears forever. I assure you, we are much better organized than that.

Yes, we have one jacket, hat, and one of the bull whips. And you know, it's funny, Smithsonian folks actually don't like Indiana Jones that much. People always think our storage room looks like the one at the end of the first movie where the Ark of the Covenant sort of disappears forever. I assure you, we are much better organized than that.

Yes, we have one jacket, hat, and one of the bull whips. And you know, it's funny, Smithsonian folks actually don't like Indiana Jones that much. People always think our storage room looks like the one at the end of the first movie where the Ark of the Covenant sort of disappears forever. I assure you, we are much better organized than that.

But Indiana Jones, actually like the Star Wars droid costumes in our collections from The Return of the Jedi, they're both really modern riffs on the old Western, you know? Harrison Ford was great at those roles, whether as like the blaster gunslinging Han Solo or as Indiana Jones.

But Indiana Jones, actually like the Star Wars droid costumes in our collections from The Return of the Jedi, they're both really modern riffs on the old Western, you know? Harrison Ford was great at those roles, whether as like the blaster gunslinging Han Solo or as Indiana Jones.

But Indiana Jones, actually like the Star Wars droid costumes in our collections from The Return of the Jedi, they're both really modern riffs on the old Western, you know? Harrison Ford was great at those roles, whether as like the blaster gunslinging Han Solo or as Indiana Jones.

The Western in these stories are about individuals who fight evil, but they often usually have to overcome their own shortcomings in order to do that successfully. And in the 1980s, you know, that story gets projected in new ways as the United States emerges from the Vietnam era, the economic contraction of the 1970s.

The Western in these stories are about individuals who fight evil, but they often usually have to overcome their own shortcomings in order to do that successfully. And in the 1980s, you know, that story gets projected in new ways as the United States emerges from the Vietnam era, the economic contraction of the 1970s.

The Western in these stories are about individuals who fight evil, but they often usually have to overcome their own shortcomings in order to do that successfully. And in the 1980s, you know, that story gets projected in new ways as the United States emerges from the Vietnam era, the economic contraction of the 1970s.

So in Star Wars, right, it's about Luke Skywalker and to a lesser extent, Han Solo's journey of self-discovery, helping them in their fight against the empire. In Indiana Jones, right, it's about, you know, sort of recalling the World War II era in which the line between good and evil was drawn much more clearly between Nazis and allied powers.

So in Star Wars, right, it's about Luke Skywalker and to a lesser extent, Han Solo's journey of self-discovery, helping them in their fight against the empire. In Indiana Jones, right, it's about, you know, sort of recalling the World War II era in which the line between good and evil was drawn much more clearly between Nazis and allied powers.

So in Star Wars, right, it's about Luke Skywalker and to a lesser extent, Han Solo's journey of self-discovery, helping them in their fight against the empire. In Indiana Jones, right, it's about, you know, sort of recalling the World War II era in which the line between good and evil was drawn much more clearly between Nazis and allied powers.

In both cases, Indiana Jones and Star Wars reflect this conversation actually that George Lucas was having very consciously in his notebooks. He has notes about this conversation, very conscious conversation he was having with himself about sort of what the US could and should be as a nation.

In both cases, Indiana Jones and Star Wars reflect this conversation actually that George Lucas was having very consciously in his notebooks. He has notes about this conversation, very conscious conversation he was having with himself about sort of what the US could and should be as a nation.