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Paly removes James Franco artwork following sex-misconduct allegations

Original post made on Feb 5, 2018

Palo Alto High School has painted over a mural and plans to remove other campus artwork by alumnus and actor James Franco as he faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, February 3, 2018, 3:12 PM

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Posted by Sylvan Park Resident
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Feb 5, 2018 at 2:27 pm

Sylvan Park Resident is a registered user.

Franco goes down in flames yet Trump gets to sit in the White House unscathed despite numerous allegations and audio tape of him admitting to taking advantage of women because of his position and money. Disgusting. Web Link


Posted by Sylvan Park Resident
a resident of Sylvan Park
on Feb 5, 2018 at 2:35 pm

Sylvan Park Resident is a registered user.

So this sets an interesting precedent, so do we purge the school libraries of all books written by people who have done bad things?


Posted by @Sylvan Park Resident
a resident of Another Mountain View Neighborhood
on Feb 5, 2018 at 2:57 pm

"so do we purge the school libraries of all books written by people who have done bad things?"

I'm guessing...no


Posted by Common sense
a resident of Old Mountain View
on Feb 5, 2018 at 3:29 pm

They should have removed the artwork long ago, on the more durable and readily-proven grounds that the man is merely yet another Hollywood dilettante pretending talent in diverse arts, and getting away with it only because he is a "celebrity" whose gushing fans will buy anything with his name on it. 15 years or so ago, a national magazine published an overview of this behavior among Hollywood stars, titled "A Galaxy of Dilettantes;" Franco is just another and late example.


Posted by Robyn
a resident of another community
on Feb 5, 2018 at 5:36 pm

Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?


Posted by Jay-T
a resident of Blossom Valley
on Feb 5, 2018 at 6:01 pm

Agreed. And What happened to Mountain View news in a Mountain View paper? Must we always be the poor step-child to Palo Alto as the center of the universe?


Posted by Gary's Old Town Tavern
a resident of another community
on Feb 5, 2018 at 9:27 pm

Political correctness rum amok!


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