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A2 as Camelot

“But no one actually compares Ann Arbor to New York,” A2 apologists like to argue. Some fans of Tree Town do seem to find such a prosaic comparison inadequate. Says the lead in the new production of “Camelot” coming to Detroit, “My boyfriend went to the University of Michigan and has been talking about Ann Arbor. They talk about it like it’s a modern-day Camelot.” Le Morte d’Arbor? Well, as long as the spires of what Tennyson called “tower’d Camelot” don’t exceed three or four stories and there’s some kind of Castle Community Conversations group to raise awareness about binge mead drinking.

15 Responses to “A2 as Camelot”


  1. Of course UofM students would love it here. The whole damn town exists to provide for their needs.

    posted by Anonymous on April 9th, 2007 at 12:16 pm

  2. Speaking of ‘Dam Town’ why doesn’t ‘Sidewalk City’ use the Barton Damn for electricity? Huh?

    posted by Grandpa on April 9th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

  3. My first thought was of the Kennedys, actually… I know I’ve seen some sunglasses that must’ve belonged to Jackie O.

    posted by heidi on April 9th, 2007 at 12:55 pm

  4. Too bad Rachel York can’t get her noun/pronoun agreement working. Her boyfriend = they?

    posted by Chris on April 9th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

  5. Excalarbor.

    Somebody stop me.

    posted by David Boyle on April 9th, 2007 at 1:56 pm

  6. Le Morte d’Arbor. I like it.

    posted by Dave on April 9th, 2007 at 3:28 pm

  7. Barton Dam does generate electricity. So does Superior Dam. http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/PublicServices/Water/WTP/int-Dams.html

    posted by Ypsidweller on April 9th, 2007 at 4:00 pm

  8. “Too bad Rachel York can’t get her noun/pronoun agreement working. Her boyfriend = they?”

    It’s tough to date the Borg.

    “Barton Dam does generate electricity. So does Superior Dam.”

    Inferior Dam, unfortunately, does not.

    posted by js on April 9th, 2007 at 6:22 pm

  9. It’s like Camelot, but it’s only a model.

    [All I got, since someone had to go and beat me to Le Morte d’Arbor before I even finished the post… heh.]

    posted by Jen on April 9th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

  10. We eat ham and jam and spam a lot!

    posted by The Squid on April 9th, 2007 at 11:11 pm

  11. I thought it was the fans of Tree Town who want— who madly desire– Ann Arbor compared to New York. Or maybe it is the parents who send their children to the ‘deuce noose’ who pay the bill to keep the comparison floating. Camelot to me = Jonestown.

    posted by toasty on April 10th, 2007 at 2:11 am

  12. I can’t believe I didn’t think of “Excalarbor” and went with the lame literalistic title.

    posted by ann arbor is overrated on April 10th, 2007 at 9:02 am

  13. It happens to the best of us.

    posted by David Boyle on April 10th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

  14. I love your blog. I’m a grad student in Charlottesville, VA which suffers from the exact same complex as AA. People, largely undergraduate alums, never shut up about how freaking great Cville is, when in reality it’s an expensive, miserable, and ugly little town. Even one of the indy weeklies just ran a story, “I [heart] Cvil: Is our town the new little Apple?” http://www.readthehook.com/stories/2006/11/16/COVER-amalg.doc.aspx

    posted by Disillusioned in Cville on April 14th, 2007 at 4:09 pm

  15. So you’re saying, Disillusioned:

    CHARLOTTESVILLE IS OVERRATED???

    posted by David Boyle on April 14th, 2007 at 4:57 pm

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