...but he does hilariously take credit for increasing the number of gay physicians practicing medicine since "Milk" opened last year, and we love him for that. (We also love him for kissing Sean Penn in that film.) Franco has made a video with Harvard Lampoon, (also posted on FunnyorDie.com), which is a spoof of him practicing his commencement speech for UCLA. It was a speech he did not deliver, and the reasons why he was uninvited or withdrew are unclear. Some speculate he withdrew after a group of UCLA ninnies complained that Franco was not accomplished enough. So they got someone from the band Linkin Park instead. The Sapphist Gazetteer is thoroughly unfamiliar with Linkin Park, but my hunch is that any individual member of that band is not more accomplished than Mr. Franco, who single-handedly has increased the number of gay physicians in America!For another hilarious—if tragic—gay commencement moment, you can check out Jodie Foster's 2006 address to the University of Pennsylvania, during which she quotes Eminem. It is painful.
It's also unfortunate that Ms. Foster quoted the overrated rapper, and not just because he's reputed to be homophobic, but because her speech in its entirety was actually somewhat provocative. As a fellow Ivy Leaguer, Jodie told the graduates that she realized they were expected to do great things because they are considered to be a privileged bunch. She dismissed that as "elitist crap" and said that if they were anything like she was after finishing college, they would spend the next six months in bed watching reruns on TV. And then she quoted Eminem.
