On Sunday, film and television screenwriter Joss Whedon had a dark warning for the 785 undergraduates at Wesleyan University's commencement.
"What I'd like to say to all of you is that you are all going to die," Whedon said.
Whedon wrote the screenplays for "Toy Story" and "The Avengers," among others, and he also created "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Whedon is a Wesleyan alumnus from the class of 1987.
Whedon said that when he was graduating, his commencement speaker, Bill Cosby, said, "You’re not going to change the world, so don’t try." Whedon went on to declare that his own speech was a "good" one because it was only going to get better from there. He then offered graduates his thoughts on a constant contradiction he said they will face in life:
You have, in fact, already begun to die. You look great. Don’t get me wrong. And you are youth and beauty.
"What I'd like to say to all of you is that you are all going to die," Whedon said.
Whedon wrote the screenplays for "Toy Story" and "The Avengers," among others, and he also created "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Whedon is a Wesleyan alumnus from the class of 1987.
Whedon said that when he was graduating, his commencement speaker, Bill Cosby, said, "You’re not going to change the world, so don’t try." Whedon went on to declare that his own speech was a "good" one because it was only going to get better from there. He then offered graduates his thoughts on a constant contradiction he said they will face in life:
You have, in fact, already begun to die. You look great. Don’t get me wrong. And you are youth and beauty.
- 5/29/2013
- by Tyler Kingkade
- Huffington Post
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