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    James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art

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    Image of BetteD BetteD
    12/05/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    Grumble. I liked it better when I imagined he was doing it to please his Grandma or something. But it does make sense, JFranc is a bit of an artiste, if a stoner artiste.

    Bottom Line: Don't care. He's too hot for me to care. I will continue staring agog from the treadmill unabashed.
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    Image of Jenloveshercurves Jenloveshercurves
    12/05/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    I liked it better when I thought he was doing it to fuck with all of us. I guess he kind of is on some levels, hmmm... maybe this article is another way of creating a character to further fuck with us, some sort of Andy Kaufman-esque super hilarious will you ever know who the real James Franco is and what his real intentions are? DAMN YOU FRANCO, you've got me again!
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    Image of KATE! KATE!
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    a friend of mine from undergrad is in the same grad program as him at nyu. she said he was really nice and friendly at first, but after a while he started treating her like an employee. she said hes super dreamy and dazzles people, but hes really pretentious and condescending after the butterflies wear off. after reading those quotes, i can see why she'd say that.

    omg, celeb gozzip.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    By the way, if you need to explain your art, you're doing it wrong.

    Smart people don't need to tell people they're smart. Funny people don't need to explain that they're funny. People who are truly kind don't walk around telling people how nice they are. And if your art is art, you don't need to say, "Look! It's art! I made art! Art, guys!"
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    Image of AthertonMerriweather AthertonMerriweather
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    His performance art is insulting to the other actors and actresses on GH that work hard everyday and are proud of their work. Everyone says that working on soaps is very hard with tons of dialogue to memorize for shows that air 365 days a year (maybe a few less). What an asshole.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    As a professor of performance studies, I have to say that Franco's grasp of notions regarding presence and audience expectation are still at a rudimentary level. As a theatre director, I have to say that actors really shouldn't speak unless they are speaking words written for them by other people. As a woman, I have to say that he is still easy on the eye.
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    Image of senec8 senec8
    12/04/09

    @Algren: "As a theatre director, I have to say that actors really shouldn't speak unless they are speaking words written for them by other people."

    As an actress, I have to say that that is pretty damn condescending, almost as condescending as James Franco's attitude towards soap fans. As a casting director manque, I have to say that he better be first choice for the lead in the Jeff Buckley biopic if they ever end up making that damn thing. As someone who has been a Jeff Buckley fan for 15+ years, I have to say that I fear that the aforementioned, hypothetical biopic could end up being unbearably cheesy. As someone who has yet to eat lunch, I have to say that typing the word cheesy has really made me hungry.
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    Image of mbprice mbprice
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    "He writes like a freshman taking Performance Art 101."

    Well, he essentially is a freshman taking Performance Art 101. Except he's famous, so his term paper gets published in the WSJ. I can't judge too harshly. I actually have some pity for people whose juvenalia is writ large for the world to see.
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    Image of J.D.Regent J.D.Regent
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    i feel like Franco and Gaga need to learn not to break the fourth wall. The more you talk about it, the less interesting it gets. Also, WSJ? WTF.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    I'd hit it.

    Sorry, sometimes I revert to Wonkette-speech.
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    Image of MIXED MIXED
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    hey james, thanks to this article, now the only franco-related art i'm interested in is the artwork of God vis-a-vis your bod.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    I could pretend that I'm interested in Franco for his opinions, but that would be dishonest. If he wants me to listen to this gobbledegook, he'll have to read it aloud while topless.
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    Image of Misiula Misiula
    12/04/09

    @lisas: It just struck me that what you said would come across as quite violent if you addressed it to an actress (and so would similar comments about Franco's body vs. his essay/ideas).
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    12/04/09

    @Misiula: Yes, however since he is NOT an actress, that will have to remain an interesting side-note.
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    Image of andBegorrah andBegorrah
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    Dude, we wanted to know if you use Breck, not Brecht.
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    12/04/09

    @andBegorrah: snaps for that one.
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    Image of BillyPilgrimisnotmylover BillyPilgrimisnotmylover
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    I'm going to choose to believe he's taking the piss. Not because I have any particular affection for James Franco, but because I think it's hilarious that way.

    I now also am picturing Franco's performance as the French Robot Mime from Euro-Trip because I am exactly that refined.
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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    Aaaaand James Franco morphs into that guy who inexplicably got a lot of tail in art school. Well, not inexplicably due to physical characteristics, but umm, sort of like Dianne Wiest in Bullets Over Broadway...

    "Don't speak. Nonono, don't speak, no..."
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    Image of chicanafalsa chicanafalsa
    12/04/09

    In reply to James Franco: General Hospital Stint Is Performance Art
    When 'Franco' curls in the fetal position and re-enacts his own birth, he will have jumped the performance art shark.
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