echo_bravo
06-07-2009, 06:17 PM
Actually, the thread title is a bit misleading. James Franco backs out due to "scheduling" conflicts when I bet its because of the backlash he received...
Pretty funny read anyways...
Citing scheduling conflicts, actor James Franco says he will not be able to deliver a keynote commencement speech at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Many argue that Franco’s decision had less to do with pre-production demands for his next film and more to do with peer pressure. Franco had been the object of opposition from students who said he was not the right person for the job.
“The problem with him as a speaker comes down to the fact he was a peer for so many of us,” UCLA senior Erin Moore said. “He was in our class. He’s not a role model. And he hasn’t had time to accomplish anything with his degree.”
You pretentious little fop! James Franco has appeared in over 30 movies. Yeah, he’s been in many theme park rides masquerading as movies. Credit the guy with having enough integrity to not only appear in blockbusters, but small personal pictures likeThe Dead Girl and In the Valley of Elah. He’s also turning out to be an actor of note. Franco is the best thing in both Pineaple Express and Milk. AND, he worked with Bobby D. Where do these punks get their balls big enough to whine about a former classmate as their keynote speaker?
Franco, 31, enrolled at UCLA in 1996 and graduated last year with a degree in creative writing. He would have been the youngest person and most recent graduate to deliver a commencement speech at UCLA.
Soon after the commencement announcement in March, Erin Moore set up a Facebook page called “UCLA Students Against James Franco as Commencement Speaker.” Hundreds joined, and Moore estimated about 80 percent of them are UCLA students.
An editorial in the Daily Bruin cried that “UC Merced has Michelle Obama, and we have the guy that sat in the back of our English class in between shooting his award-nominated movies.”
It went on to say, “It seems that the commencement selection board was suddenly taken over by a gaggle of love-starved tweens or a bunch of junior high potheads who loved Pineapple Express.”
While these jealous little pipsqueaks await their first steps into the real world, James Franco has already mastered his craft, amassed an enviable filmography and earned a degree from UCLA. Since Franco and Ms. Obama have both made Bobby D’s acquaintance, the only thing the First Lady had over Franco is that she married well.
Who is Franco’s replacement? I was hoping they’d go even younger and assign the honor to Bobb’e J. Thompson or the kid who played McLovin. Instead they went with 32-year-old Linkin Park lead guitarist and UCLA alumnus Brad Delson, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 1999.
http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2009/06/06/rants/james-franco-backs-out-of-delivering-ucla-graduation-speech
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LMAO
These UCLA twats could of had James Franco but now they are stuck with the guitarist from Linkin Park haha.:D
Pretty funny read anyways...
Citing scheduling conflicts, actor James Franco says he will not be able to deliver a keynote commencement speech at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Many argue that Franco’s decision had less to do with pre-production demands for his next film and more to do with peer pressure. Franco had been the object of opposition from students who said he was not the right person for the job.
“The problem with him as a speaker comes down to the fact he was a peer for so many of us,” UCLA senior Erin Moore said. “He was in our class. He’s not a role model. And he hasn’t had time to accomplish anything with his degree.”
You pretentious little fop! James Franco has appeared in over 30 movies. Yeah, he’s been in many theme park rides masquerading as movies. Credit the guy with having enough integrity to not only appear in blockbusters, but small personal pictures likeThe Dead Girl and In the Valley of Elah. He’s also turning out to be an actor of note. Franco is the best thing in both Pineaple Express and Milk. AND, he worked with Bobby D. Where do these punks get their balls big enough to whine about a former classmate as their keynote speaker?
Franco, 31, enrolled at UCLA in 1996 and graduated last year with a degree in creative writing. He would have been the youngest person and most recent graduate to deliver a commencement speech at UCLA.
Soon after the commencement announcement in March, Erin Moore set up a Facebook page called “UCLA Students Against James Franco as Commencement Speaker.” Hundreds joined, and Moore estimated about 80 percent of them are UCLA students.
An editorial in the Daily Bruin cried that “UC Merced has Michelle Obama, and we have the guy that sat in the back of our English class in between shooting his award-nominated movies.”
It went on to say, “It seems that the commencement selection board was suddenly taken over by a gaggle of love-starved tweens or a bunch of junior high potheads who loved Pineapple Express.”
While these jealous little pipsqueaks await their first steps into the real world, James Franco has already mastered his craft, amassed an enviable filmography and earned a degree from UCLA. Since Franco and Ms. Obama have both made Bobby D’s acquaintance, the only thing the First Lady had over Franco is that she married well.
Who is Franco’s replacement? I was hoping they’d go even younger and assign the honor to Bobb’e J. Thompson or the kid who played McLovin. Instead they went with 32-year-old Linkin Park lead guitarist and UCLA alumnus Brad Delson, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies in 1999.
http://www.emulsioncompulsion.com/2009/06/06/rants/james-franco-backs-out-of-delivering-ucla-graduation-speech
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LMAO
These UCLA twats could of had James Franco but now they are stuck with the guitarist from Linkin Park haha.:D