Why can't all our neighborhood drug dealers look like James Franco?

Again, I am blown away by Franco's ability to not be a cliché. He has leading man looks and could easily avoid small silly movies and just cruise on to big films and stay there. But Franco seems to be enjoying being different people and be good at it. Whether he's a sleazy jerk who ends up tied to a bed in women's undies, a cool outsider with a big-mouthed girlfriend, a real hot hustler, a living Jimmy Dean or the guy who tried to kill his superhero best friend, for some reason he still comes off as a guy you could like.

His rendition of Saul in Pineapple Express is no different. Right now I am hard pressed to think of a person who could make a drug dealer be so innocent, goofy, cute, sweet and still look like a credible drug dealing sleaze in a pair of jammies but without coming off as a total brainless dumbass (I'm pointing at you Ashton, you dumb looking nerd). Hmmm...maybe Johnny Depp.

Now speaking of Pineapple Express, I have to thank its writers (Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg) for giving me another reason not to be a total dick in this lifetime. I should not be a dick 'cause karma will bite me in the ass and I might end up reincarnated as an anal bead.

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