Laura Dern was kicked out of school for filming 'Blue Velvet'

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Laura Dern's College Forced Her to Drop Out Over 'Blue Velvet' and Called Her 'Insane' for Giving Up Her Education; Now the School Teaches the Film: 'Pisses Me Off' https://t.co/a2njZxHEBQ
- Variety (@Variety) July 24, 2024

• Laura Dern was attending UCLA when she auditioned for Blue Velvet and landed the role
• She asked the head of the department for a

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[anterrabre]

This is the second story we've had posted here about a female student getting kicked out of school for accepting an acting role, and I'm noticing a disturbing trend. When was the last time a male actor had to choose between a job and their education?

[trumpydoesmagic]

What was the first story?

[anterrabre]

Lisa Jakob from "Mrs. Doubtfire." It also happened to Ana de Armas as well. :(

https://www.justjared.com/2021/10/09/ana-de-armas-talks-about-getting-kicked-out-of-acting-school/

[zhenyaodin2]

I know some may disagree with me here but for a while now, this has been my red flag movie. You know how people say that if a dude's fave movie is Fight Club that it's a red flag? That's how I feel about Blue Velvet. Is it a well made movie? Of course, but your favorite? A movie with THAT scene in it is your FAVORITE? Yeah, no, there's almost certainly a messy at best reason why it's your absolute favorite and I'll pass on all that.

And wow the power trip of that head of department. I swear this shit only happens to women. We're always expected to pick one or the other. Motherhood OR career OR Education. And it's always some ain't shit man acting like if you don't do what HE is offering you, your whole life is gonna be a big pile of shit. I'm happy for Laura that she proved his shitty ass wrong.

[primimproper]

I was thinking this sounded outrageous, but UCLA School of Arts also fucked me when I applied. My portfolio was rejected, so that was it. No UCLA. Had the grades, had the scores.

UC Irvine also fucked me. A very stupid girl cheated off my final exam in Linguistics, by not just copying my work, but also copying my ESSAY response word for word. The professor doubted me when I said I did not let her look at my final, because she noticed I was sometimes tutoring the other students. It was a very small class, and I was the only person getting 100% on the diagramming work. So a lot of them were openly cornering me before and after class for help.

She wrote the Dean, and they decided maaaaybe I was telling the truth, because stupid girl had a failing grade leading into the final, and I would have had a 100% A.

Dean removed my honors at graduation and scolded me that I should be grateful I wasn't expelled.

All this to say, of course a smug piece of shit went after her. Academia is truly "those who can't, teach" and every molecule of Laura

[howlin_wolf_66]

I hope she mailed him some glowing critical notices after she left! 😀