James Franco and William Faulkner? I'M MR. REASONABLE

Continuing on the I'M REASONABLE theme...I've yet to say something nasty about JAMES FRANCO. Mainly because I don't know who he is. I mean, I know he's an actor. That's all. I don't know that he's any worse than the dozen other jerks that look like him...most of them with the fashionable woolly layer of stubble, greasy hair, and smirky bad acting style of "here I am, everybody look at me" before delivering a line.

If I've actually seen one of his movies, he made no impression. None of these guys do.

So what's the deal? He's starring in a movie based on a Faulkner novel. Which concerns me as much as Leonardo de Fat-fag-face starring in "Great Gatsby." If it gets good reviews, I'll download a bootleg I don't watch movies because a "hunk" is the star.

So...

There's a big huff about James Franco on the cover of a William Faulkner tie-in book.

REALLY? Book critics are pussy-hissing? Bookstore owners are getting catty?

There are other editions of the book available. It's not like versions without Franco on the cover are out of print. There are paperback editions, too. WHY THE FUCKING FUSS? It's a self-proclaimed MOVIE TIE-IN. This is what happens! People watch the film and decide they want the book. All the more likely, they'd like a book with the movie's star on the cover.

But one effete bookstore owner is actually apologizing for this...

Hey bookstore owners, don't you realize you'll be SELLING more copies of this obscure book than ever? The clown who apologizes for selling it won't be selling to girls and students...they'll buy it on Amazon, and rightly so. They don't need to be insulted by some pseudo-intellectual loser who runs a bookstore. Frankly, most bookstore owners aren't nice, mild-mannered book lovers...they're just bores and anemic dweebs. They've found some passive little hole in the wall to reside in (book WORMS more like it) and since they can't write a book they get their kicks lording over everybody's books and poncing about like kindergarten teachers, imparting their worthless opinions to their customers. To their ILLITERATE customers, the ones who can't make up their own minds and need help with "which is the best Agatha Christie..." These owners will nauseate real book fans by loudly and tediously "helping" somebody pick out the WRONG book. At the cash register, they homo-esquely frown in disapproval of one purchase or hike eyebrows and offer a cheesy smirk if someone's buying a book they personally like: "Good choice!"

So my disgust is reserved for something other than Franco's ridiculous face on a Faulkner book. Especially since I don't give a shit about Faulkner either. I don't like his dense writing style, don't really care much about his subject matter, haven't bothered with movies based on his work, and spit at the bookstore owner dilettantes who are appalled by this. There are plenty of other authors out there to read. PS, I'll be watching Franco's "Comedy Central Roast," when I get around to it. It should have some great insults...which might indicate that either Franco has a good sense of humor about his dubious celebrity standing, or has such ego that he's beyond being hurt by any criticism and sees this as just another opportunity to curl his stubble under the heat of spotlights. If it's the latter...I'll register my disgust HERE.