poco_puffs Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 My friend's brother has a theatre/literature class with him currently at Yale--he won't give us any details about what he's like though. I think Franco is fascinating. And I am sure if he wasn't a good candidate the graduate program wouldn't have accepted him, regardless of his fame. He can lead a successful life without a Ph.D, so unless he *really* had something to offer, I don't see why they'd accept him. I wonder how many rejection letters he got! Also, I saw a video of him sitting with Marina Abramovic at the MoMA. I am convinced this guy is my dream celebrity. I am sure he is really smart. Re: the MomA thing, was that the one where people sit in a chair opposite of her for something resembling a staring contest? He had the cutest smile by the end of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
againstourfaces Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Re: the MomA thing, was that the one where people sit in a chair opposite of her for something resembling a staring contest? He had the cutest smile by the end of that. Yeah, it was! I love Marina and I love Franco, whom I have nicknamed Franco Fox for my own personal amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poco_puffs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Because I am eternally tickled by this thread: Franco will not be skipping class to visit talk shows in the case of Oscar nominations. Here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdelarge Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 LOL. I'd love to read his SOP: "I'm interested in the intersections between ecofeminism and Marxism in the context of 'Freaks and Geeks'" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poco_puffs Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 haha, every time this thread pops up again i have a slight sense of dread... I used to feel like it was so much drama, but then I kept laughing every time I saw him talking about Yale that I couldn't help but post the links to this kind of thing. In the end, I really do prefer laughing about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievalmaniac Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I used to feel like it was so much drama, but then I kept laughing every time I saw him talking about Yale that I couldn't help but post the links to this kind of thing. In the end, I really do prefer laughing about it. I'm just wondering - is he even enrolled as a full-time PhD student? Because, if so, how can he also be taking classes at Rhode Island School of Design? Isn't it against regulations to be enrolled in programs at two institutions simultaneously, unless it's as part of a consortium? Maybe he is just taking graduate level courses...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfie Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 I'm just wondering - is he even enrolled as a full-time PhD student? Because, if so, how can he also be taking classes at Rhode Island School of Design? Isn't it against regulations to be enrolled in programs at two institutions simultaneously, unless it's as part of a consortium? Maybe he is just taking graduate level courses...? Yeah, I don't get it either. I heard from someone in the program that he's even teaching undergrads. That doesn't seem real... Maybe when you're rich and famous you can do whatever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumblebee9 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I like this. Now to win the lottery...and teach some students at Yale. Maybe when you're rich and famous you can do whatever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfie Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Here's James Franco on last night's Daily Show: http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/tue-january-25-2011-james-franco I don't understand how you could be a graduate student in the morning and then do the Daily Show in the evening, recieve an Oscar, do the Today Show, etc. I have a theory he is a set of twins posing as one person. Starlajane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolfie Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Oh, and also, he is apparently directing his adaptation of As I Lay Dying http://screenrant.com/james-franco-as-i-lay-dying-movie-sandy-98274/ What is up with this guy? There's no way he's could be doing quality research at the same time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Along the same lines, according to Wikipedia (which links to this article: http://magazine.ucla.edu/features/smart_set/) Franco took 20-62 credits per quarter while doing his undergrad at UCLA, the normal upper limit being 19 per quarter. Then after graduating from UCLA, according to Wikipedia, "He moved to New York to simultaneously attend graduate school at Columbia University's MFA writing program, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts for filmmaking, and Brooklyn College for fiction writing, while occasionally commuting to North Carolina's Warren Wilson College for poetry." How do you "simultaneously" do that many things?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfat Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Definitely a set of twins. Maybe triplets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 How do you "simultaneously" do that many things?? When you're an uber-famous movie star, schools will do "things" to get you in and through. How is this situation any different from star athletes? I also tend to doubt that wiki listing about him attending several schools at once and having 62(?!?) credits at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievalmaniac Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 When you're an uber-famous movie star, schools will do "things" to get you in and through. How is this situation any different from star athletes? I also tend to doubt that wiki listing about him attending several schools at once and having 62(?!?) credits at a time. That 62 credits a term has to be wrong. That would mean TWENTY 3-credit CLASSES in a single term. He would have to be in classes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. straight with no breaks, and then again Tuesdays and Thursdays for seven classes. It would be a physical impossibility. Particularly when he was engaged in acting and such at the same time...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievalmaniac Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 That 62 credits a term has to be wrong. That would mean TWENTY 3-credit CLASSES in a single term. He would have to be in classes Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. to 9 p.m. straight with no breaks, and then again Tuesdays and Thursdays for seven classes. It would be a physical impossibility. Particularly when he was engaged in acting and such at the same time...! Caveat: remember, I'm an English major doing that Math, it may be off somewhat. But the general idea is spot-on. And yes, I bothered to do that Math trying not to obsess over acceptances...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Well, the 20-62 credits per quarter cited in the Wikipedia page references the following article from the UCLA website: http://magazine.ucla.edu/features/smart_set/, which does have those numbers. I'm not saying I understand how it can be humanly possible, but just pointing out that it's not an error on Wikipedia's part, since it's on an official UCLA webpage. Yeah, it's mind-boggling how that can possibly work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fall-11 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Okay, now that my curiosity is piqued, I looked at the UCLA website to figure out how their credit system works. Turns out they don't have fixed 3-credit courses as is standard in most places. Most of their undergrad English courses seem to be 5 credits, some 4 credits. You can see the course listing (with credits) here: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/catalog.aspx?sa=ENGL+++&funsel=3. However, even with 5 credits per course, you would still need 12 courses to make 60 credits... I don't know why I am wasting time figuring out UCLA's credit system instead of working on my thesis, but I just can't concentrate on the thesis or on anything at all until I hear some good news from someplace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonacademic Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Check out this gem: James Franco on James Franco ...the ubiquitous James Franco is helping mount a college course that's all about his favorite subject: James Franco. The class at Columbia College Hollywood, Movieline reports, will consist of 12 film editing students charged with putting together a half-hour documentary about the work of the filmmaker and actor, who may be either a pop-culture renaissance man, a merry-prankster performance artist or both. The students' biggest challenge might be summing up the 32-year-old performer's career in 30 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtniep Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Check out this gem: James Franco on James Franco I saw this yesterday afternoon. At first I thought, REALLY? But then I thought, you know what? This guy is my hero. What a champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievalmaniac Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Check out this gem: James Franco on James Franco Oh. My. God(dess)(e)(s). woolfie and Pamphilia 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulwoolfian Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/02/franco-looks-likely-to-join-kidman-in-sweet-bird-of-youth-on-broadway/ To add to thegradcafe's James Franco obsession: he will also apparently be appearing on Broadway next Fall. Maybe he'll take a leave from Yale? Or maybe he'll make one of his body doubles do it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtniep Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 ecg1810, intextrovert and oulou 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yank in the M20 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I have to give him credit for being so willing to take on and then make fun of the criticism that he gets from people for all this. The sleeping in class thing that you guys mentioned in this thread is even in here: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/ab25302c8e/james-franco-s-rejected-ucla-commencement-speech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lechatgris Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 gotta bump this because the man is hosting the oscars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuentinComp Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Oh, and also, he is apparently directing his adaptation of As I Lay Dying http://screenrant.co...ie-sandy-98274/ What is up with this guy? There's no way he's could be doing quality research at the same time... As a (hopeful) Faulkner scholar, this kills me. ecg1810 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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