Bentley is Better Than Parker · The Official Head-to-Head Record

B vs P BENTLEY vs PARKER Bentley is better. Here's the head-to-head record.
The Film Room · Volume VI

Vacations & Other Incidents

1990–2005

The Folkman family in transit. Popsicles at the lake, red rock campsites, and the single most on-the-nose photograph in the entire archive — the banner.

Popsicles at the reservoir

early 1990s
Two boys at a lake with popsicles

Field note

Two boys, one lake, two popsicles. A rare entry the Institute presents without prejudice. Childhood was, on balance, good. The disparity documented elsewhere on this site is offered in love and was, even then, already underway.

OFFICIAL RULING UNCONTESTED RECORD STANDS

The Welcome Home Banner

Summer 2005
A banner reading Welcome Home Bentley on the family home, 2005

Field note

The Founder returns from a two-year sabbatical abroad. A large hand-painted banner reading WELCOME HOME BENTLEY! is mounted on the family home. The family gathers beneath it. Subject P. is present but does not receive a banner of his own. The matter has not been raised since. The Institute regards this photograph as having written its own caption, and defers to it.

OFFICIAL RULING FINAL BENTLEY WINS