local and international visiting lecturers
Sweet Sassy Molassy, Mark Cuban is coming to the RTF department! Cuban is a pretty polarizing figure, and I’m not sure what to make of him sometimes, but I do think he has interesting things to say that relate to my research, so I’m excited about the talk. He’ll be here in April as part of the master class series. I knew I’d already missed Mike Judge a few weeks back, but I only now looked at the master class schedule, and John Pierson, who teaches producing in the department, has lined up an impressive list of speakers. Richard Linklater is speaking this week, and Kevin Smith, Chuck Norris, and Ray Harryhausen are also coming.
Studio 4D can get crowded pretty fast, and I’m told Mike Judge’s appearance was totally crazy. The department has set up seating priorities that privileges students in Pierson’s class first, then gives seats to RTF students and faculty, other UT folks, and, finally, the general public.
