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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Film There's Color-Blind Casting...

Posted by on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 9:01 AM

...and there's just plain ol' blind casting. James Franco is playing Allen Ginsberg in the film Howl.

 

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1
He melts my butter. Did you see him in the nerd attire!
Posted by Clearlyhere on March 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM
2
Yay NAMBLA!
Posted by it was for free speech! genius! on March 18, 2009 at 9:09 AM
3
is that better than jack black?
Posted by vooodooo84 on March 18, 2009 at 9:18 AM
4
i actually thought he would do really well in this role.
Posted by chris on March 18, 2009 at 9:20 AM
5
what do you want the filmmakers to do, hire Rupert Everett?
Posted by we need more openly gay actors on March 18, 2009 at 9:21 AM
6
He played a gay, why can't he play an ugly gay?
Posted by Zoroastronomer on March 18, 2009 at 9:27 AM
7
David Cross as Allen Ginsberg in I'M NOT THERE was uncanny and hilarious.
Posted by Bub on March 18, 2009 at 9:33 AM
8
agreed, David Cross is was the best Ginsberg ever!!
Posted by Random Poster on March 18, 2009 at 10:07 AM
9
seriously? ugh. i'm pissed they are even making this movie. it's going to make my "america" tattoo seem lame.
Posted by konstantConsumer on March 18, 2009 at 10:10 AM
10
Um, hello, Allen Ginsburg was not bad looking when he was James Franco's age.
Posted by Matt on March 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM
11
he was still a whole lot homelier than franco. franco has male model-type features, ginsberg look like bug-eyed geek, albeit more attractive than when he was famous.
Posted by ellarosa on March 18, 2009 at 12:49 PM
12
Up next, Queen Latifah in "Hey Marty! The Ernest Borgnine Story"
Posted by Andy Niable on March 18, 2009 at 1:34 PM
13
As I commented on another site, Franco looks about as much like Ginsburg as does Ru Paul.
Posted by MarkyMark on March 19, 2009 at 2:38 AM

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