"Spring Breakers" actor James Franco has decided to take his writing career one step further as he released another poetry book entitled "Hollywood Dreaming: Stories, Pictures and Poems."
The actor/director, according to E! Online, has targeted famous celebrities in his latest "work of art" collection. Among these celebrities are Lindsay Lohan, Sean Penn, Anne Hathaway, and Elizabeth Taylor.
One of his pieces was entitled "The Voice of Lindsay Lohan." It spoke of a narration written from Lohan's point-of-view. The piece goes:
"I took James back to the bathroom."/ "You know why Amy put mirrors all around in here?"/ "Why?"/ "So you can watch yourself f**k"/ "He didn't f**k me, that shit."
Another work, this time targeted to Sean Penn, stated, "In Milk you were such / A fine homo. And when / You and I kissed / On Castro Street, it was for a full minute. / Your beard was like my father's." This poem was entitled "Sean Penn II," one of the four stories that the actor wrote about Penn. All four were titled "Sean Penn."
Meanwhile, the book has received several negative reactions from audiences, majority of them filled with amusement and mockery.
Entertainment Weekly even published its own take on Franco's latest work. To pay respect to Franco the poet, the site gave its reaction through a poem as well.
An excerpt of their poem goes: "But what is poetry anyway? / Just a chance / to reminisce / about your movie roles, / to brag about / how you helped / the tween stars in Spring Breakers / and how you kissed Sean Penn in Milk?"
"Hollywood Dreaming" is the second book that Franco released this year. The first one, entitled "Directing Herbert White," was published last April by Graywolf Press. It featured odes to Heath Ledger and The Smiths and was similarly received by the internet audience.
