The best reactions to James Franco as commencement speaker
‘Is it too late to apply?’
According to the Convocation Committee, James Franco is a worldly, confident and ambitious man – and the perfect choice to speak at Cornell’s commencement this spring.
Does the Cornell community agree? From the thrilled to the thoroughly unimpressed, here are some of the best reactions.
Some of us were thrilled to death
This girl was just overwhelmed
Some were cursing the fates we were born at the wrong time
She doesn’t even go here
These ladies were not impressed
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