For my live tweeting event I attended the James
Franco interview at the O'Connell Center. I'm not much of a 'twitter-er' so the
assignment was a little awkward for me. I was more focused on listening to the
interview than tweeting about the event. A problem that I didn’t realize
until after the event was that half of my tweets didn’t get sent through
because of the amount of phone activity going on at the O-Dome, but I won’t let
that get in the way of me reflecting on the experience.
Going in, I wasn't aware who James Franco really was outside
of his acting career. I had no idea he directed his own movies and was as well
educated as he is. Having studied at Columbia, Yale and UCLA, he definitely is
smarter than he might appear in many of his movies. Upon hearing about how he
teaches a creative writing class at UCLA currently, I began to think of our own
class. I'm sure there are some similarities, probably less technologically
based material in his class but similar ideas and ways of expressing
rhetoric.
Anderson Proctor
I bet @JakeGreeneteach would like to take @JamesFrancoTV 's creative writing class
5:21 PM - 25 Feb 2015
During the event they allowed a Q & A
session to the public. The questions varied immensely. Some were specific
questions about events in Franco’s life and required genuine answers.
Unfortunately, there were some people I’m embarrassed of for Franco. One girl
asked if she could take a ‘selfie’ with him. I was in shock when I heard this—a
girl 18 and older asked to take a picture during a seemingly serious Q & A
like she was a tween at a boy band concert. Following her question, the entire crowd
began to boo her. I feel bad she most likely had her self-esteem knocked down a
few notches, but honestly she needs to think before she speaks next time she’s
in that large of a crowd.
It was comical to hear Franco speak of his past
mistakes. Flyboys was a common theme
among his mistakes. He explained that he was pretty desperate for roles at the
time and he thought he had to take the part. Looking back, though, he said how
he doesn’t think he should do it, for eventually you find something you like.
"The only way we learn is through mistakes" @JamesFrancoTV
I don’t know how much truth there is to that.
Well I know there’s some, but I know that when out of work it’s hard to turn
anything down, even if it’s a part you’re not fond of.
The interview was shorter than I had expected,
but I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was going to be a more comedic
talk with Franco, but on the contrary it was on a much deeper level than I
could’ve ever expected.
Never saw "Flyboys" but it looks like I won't because of these reactions #jamesfrancoUF
