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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

"Whether or not he's recording with the Brodsky Quartet, "as he did on The Juliet Letters,...

"Whether or not he's recording with the Brodsky Quartet, "as he did on The Juliet Letters, "or whether he's simply standing up "and singing 'Tramp the Dirt Down,' "which is a song about "how he wants to dance on Thatcher's grave, "I think he has always looked for the most effective way to make trouble." Do you think that's true?

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"Whether or not he's recording with the Brodsky Quartet,
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"as he did on The Juliet Letters,
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"or whether he's simply standing up
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"and singing 'Tramp the Dirt Down,'
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"which is a song about
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"how he wants to dance on Thatcher's grave,
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"I think he has always looked for the most effective way
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to make trouble."
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Do you think that's true?
Duration
31 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
01:01:50
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
Yeah, I think he gives me way too much credit. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Yeah, I think he gives me way too much credit.
Professor Marcus, you know, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Professor Marcus, you know,
He writes very, very long and intricate books - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:26
He writes very, very long and intricate books
And there was any number of people in my, to myself... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And there was any number of people in my, to myself...
I know it's very convenient - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
I know it's very convenient
But each song has a different occasion for me, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
But each song has a different occasion for me,
And there are, I hope, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And there are, I hope,
I have sung words that are heard in "Tramp the Dirt Down." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
I have sung words that are heard in "Tramp the Dirt...
And then the tune that I ended up using - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And then the tune that I ended up using
But there's a joke carrying a song - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
But there's a joke carrying a song
The desire to step on your fellow countryman - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
The desire to step on your fellow countryman
So I get... I sang the song up until a few years ago, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
So I get... I sang the song up until a few years ago,
Not because, not because, no, no, she's a human being. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Not because, not because, no, no, she's a human being.
She actually died, you know, in dementia, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
She actually died, you know, in dementia,
But what she let loose in the country, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
But what she let loose in the country,
And in a democracy, I get to say what I feel, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And in a democracy, I get to say what I feel,
If we want as a society to take advantage - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
If we want as a society to take advantage
I think the city understands that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I think the city understands that,
It isn't unified and it isn't working towards a coherent goal. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It isn't unified and it isn't working towards a...
Other cities have, um, created... - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Other cities have, um, created...