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The Franco stuff is weird because of all the rumours he’s gay. In other news the leader of the Ontario Conservative party resigned in about 12 hours after allegations against him came up, just before the party forced him out.
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sbaldrick posted:The Franco stuff is weird because of all the rumours he’s gay. Interesting you mention that rumour, since I saw a headline the other day that said his "gay baiting won't cover his tracks". sbaldrick posted:The Franco stuff is weird because of all the rumours he’s gay. Minister of Sports and Disabilities is done, as well.
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Jan 26, 2018 06:14
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Francos said things along the lines of "I'm gay right up until the point of sex" before, which ofc is horseshit. He's just a loving a creep.
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Jan 26, 2018 11:14
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Southpaugh posted:Francos said things along the lines of "I'm gay right up until the point of sex" before, which ofc is horseshit. He's just a loving a creep.
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Jan 26, 2018 11:59
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I have loved and had romantic encounters with women throughout my life but pretended to like men for attention, and I choose now to live like a gay man to deflect sexual misconduct allegations. I want to deal with this honestly and openly and that starts with examining my own behavior, but keep hangin' in there boys :bigtran:
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Jan 26, 2018 12:02
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Quite apart from that, Franco seems sufficiently far up his own arse that he'd say anything that he thought made him sound artistic and interesting.
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Jan 26, 2018 14:22
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sbaldrick posted:The Franco stuff is weird because of all the rumours he’s gay. It's a really interesting situation because everyone and their grandmother in Barrie has more or less known he's creepy for years yet it's just coming to light provincially now. Although the allegations haven't been necessarily proven it's one of those situations where it seems pretty likely given his apparent reputation. It begs the question though: was the swift reaction of Andrea Horwath and company, who are pretty much calling for his head on the pike, appropriate given the purported lack of evidence, even though everyone knows it's probably true? His campaign team dropped him like a hot potato right away which doesn't help his case, yet he remains defiant about the allegations being untrue. I'm curious to see how this plays out.
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Jan 26, 2018 15:51
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:Quite apart from that, Franco seems sufficiently far up his own arse that he'd say anything that he thought made him sound artistic and interesting. Yeah, this is kind of Franco’s whole shtick. I’m not so sure he identified as gay or bisexual, as much as he wants to identify with, say, Allen Ginsberg. Specifically in terms of how Ginsberg challenged social norms when it came to “acceptable” spheres of sexuality.
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Jan 26, 2018 16:26
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Fart City posted:Yeah, this is kind of Franco’s whole shtick. I’m not so sure he identified as gay or bisexual, as much as he wants to identify with, say, Allen Ginsberg. Specifically in terms of how Ginsberg challenged social norms when it came to “acceptable” spheres of sexuality. ...membership in NAMBLA?
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Jan 26, 2018 16:28
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Well, Franco stikes me as the type of dude whose knowledge of Ginsberg probably stops and starts with “Howl.” EDIT: To clarify, I was ripping on Franco’s surface level artistic posturing in my previous comment above, hence “acceptable.” He’s like the walking embodiment of a freshman creative writing major. Tart Kitty fucked around with this message at 16:46 on Jan 26, 2018 |
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Jan 26, 2018 16:39
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Fart City posted:Well, Franco stikes me as the type of dude whose knowledge of Ginsberg probably stops and starts with “Howl.” I think he has one of those "degrees" in writing, where he attended a few classes, cut someone a cheque and can claim a degree
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Jan 26, 2018 17:06
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El Gallinero Gros posted:I think he has one of those "degrees" in writing, where he attended a few classes, cut someone a cheque and can claim a degree Nah he has like 5 different post-grad degrees from a bunch of places and by all accounts he was a good student even when he was basically getting no sleep doing movies at the same time. (Except at NYU, apparently)
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Jan 26, 2018 18:07
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DC Murderverse posted:Nah he has like 5 different post-grad degrees from a bunch of places and by all accounts he was a good student even when he was basically getting no sleep doing movies at the same time. (Except at NYU, apparently) He obviously made an effort but come on, it was still one part normal work conceivable to ordinary students to nine parts being James Franco. Dude was hiring notetakers for his classes and getting independent study credit for starring in Spiderman 3.
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Jan 26, 2018 23:39
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Dozens of People Recount Pattern of Sexual Misconduct by Las Vegas Mogul Steve Wynn https://www.wsj.com/articles/dozens-of-people-recount-pattern-of-sexual-misconduct-by-las-vegas-mogul-steve-wynn-1516985953 Kevin Spacey’s brother Randy Fowler says the actor is ‘worse’ than their Nazi rapist dad and accuses the star of having a ‘creepy’ relationship with their mum https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/54186...with-their-mum/ James Franco Is 'a Mess' and 'Hasn't Slept for Days' After Accusations, Says Source http://people.com/movies/james-franco-is-a-mess-and-hasnt-slept-for-days-after-accusations-says-source/
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Jan 27, 2018 00:06
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:...membership in NAMBLA? gently caress, marry, kill: Kerouac, Burroughs, Ginsberg.
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Jan 27, 2018 02:54
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I feel that famous sex creep James Franco's PR story would have maybe been more convincing if he wasn't dumb enough to be seen having lunch in public when he's meant to be at home distraught. But then, he is a pretty bad actor.
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Jan 27, 2018 03:12
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UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST posted:He obviously made an effort but come on, it was still one part normal work conceivable to ordinary students to nine parts being James Franco. Dude was hiring notetakers for his classes and getting independent study credit for starring in Spiderman 3. hey man he deserved an A for Pie Eating in that movie.
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Jan 27, 2018 03:14
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UNRULY_HOUSEGUEST posted:He obviously made an effort but come on, it was still one part normal work conceivable to ordinary students to nine parts being James Franco. Dude was hiring notetakers for his classes and getting independent study credit for starring in Spiderman 3. The lesson here isn't that Franco got special treatment - it's that modern academia is an accreditation mill that favors people who already have the money and reinforces a system where the majority are basically bled dry and the 1% have that much more room to push their bullshit around. The system is functioning exactly as it was designed.
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Jan 27, 2018 03:53
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:I feel that famous sex creep James Franco's PR story would have maybe been more convincing if he wasn't dumb enough to be seen having lunch in public when he's meant to be at home distraught. He played a convincing dumb stoner in Pineapple Express
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Jan 27, 2018 04:15
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I'm not surprised at the multiple degrees in writing. It's not that hard as long as you can enjoy hashing out bullshit with other students and scramble to finish essays barely past the due date before too many late penalties stack up on tons of coffee. For an active script-writer it's probably useful exercise.
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Jan 27, 2018 05:48
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As an English grad, can confirm that writing degrees are basically competitive masturbation.
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Jan 27, 2018 06:31
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Fart City posted:As an English grad, can confirm that writing degrees are basically competitive masturbation. gently caress, I really regret doing advertising instead.
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Jan 27, 2018 06:42
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Zogo posted:
I know that it is better to not completely disregard accusations about sexual assualt/impropriety/etc. but I'm inclined to not believe that one, simply because of the newspaper publishing it.
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Jan 27, 2018 11:16
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Snowman_McK posted:gently caress, I really regret doing advertising instead. That sounds even worse.
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Jan 27, 2018 12:13
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The most explicitly excruciating course of study would be the degree program tracking students into being professional music reviewers. I had a job once reviewing music and I couldn’t do it. I just couldn’t.
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Jan 27, 2018 16:52
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I'm imagining film students, but some how more insufferable.
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Jan 27, 2018 17:01
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Also English major, can confirm. A girl I dated in college stuck around after for a Master's, and shared this story years later: One course had an assignment wherein students were to write a one act play based on a song of their choice. This wasn't a big class, maybe 8 people, but every student except my friend based theirs on the same song (a Death Cab for Cutie song). That right there speaks volumes.
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Jan 27, 2018 18:25
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Never had to deal with in my course load. I did adjust all of my papers to reinforce the professors published works however. Always worked to bump my grade up 1-1 1/2 letter grades. I don't know if it still is, but English was vastly the preferred major for students planning on going into law.
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Jan 27, 2018 19:46
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Capn Jobe posted:One course had an assignment wherein students were to write a one act play based on a song of their choice. This wasn't a big class, maybe 8 people, but every student except my friend based theirs on the same song (a Death Cab for Cutie song). That right there speaks volumes. Just on this basis, I hate everyone in that class except your friend.
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Jan 27, 2018 21:00
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But she chose Sandstorm by Darude.
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Jan 27, 2018 21:48
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bad day posted:But she chose Sandstorm by Darude. I'd watch a play based on that.
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Jan 27, 2018 22:04
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AceOfFlames posted:I'd watch a play based on that. Truth.
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Jan 28, 2018 00:36
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A live-action Run Lola Run?
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Jan 28, 2018 00:47
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AceOfFlames posted:I'd watch a play based on that. I hope it was closer to Interpretive Dance than anything
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Jan 28, 2018 00:54
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Never had to deal with in my course load. I did adjust all of my papers to reinforce the professors published works however. Always worked to bump my grade up 1-1 1/2 letter grades. fairly recent English grad here. just about everyone i graduated with, if they aren't trying to get into publishing or working in a coffee shop, went to law school or is in the process of trying to get in to one at some point. the extent to which it prepares you for such a track is very debatable, but we did write a shitload of papers on, like, the minutiae of Jonathan Swift's poop humor.
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Jan 28, 2018 01:05
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Capn Jobe posted:Also English major, can confirm. A girl I dated in college stuck around after for a Master's, and shared this story years later: thats a fake story sorry
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Jan 28, 2018 01:07
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Zas posted:thats a fake story sorry It's an exaggeration of a thing that actually happens. I had a similar assignment in high school english, pick a song and write a thing about why this song is important to you blah blah blah. 3 guys in my class of 30 or so picked R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly."
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Jan 28, 2018 05:45
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Rhyno posted:It's an exaggeration of a thing that actually happens. I had a similar assignment in high school english, pick a song and write a thing about why this song is important to you blah blah blah. 3 guys in my class of 30 or so picked R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." Space Jam?
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Jan 28, 2018 09:26
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One English as a second language assignment I had in high school had us writing about movies or music that spoke to us. Don't remember what mine was about but I remember just feeling sorry for the classmate who wrote about Creed (the band).
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Rhyno posted:It's an exaggeration of a thing that actually happens. I had a similar assignment in high school english, pick a song and write a thing about why this song is important to you blah blah blah. 3 guys in my class of 30 or so picked R Kelly's "I Believe I Can Fly." These are assignments teachers give out when they want to laugh at their students
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