Roving Reporter: The Social Network

With all the hype surrounding last Thursday’s midnight premiere of “The Social Network,” FM’s Roving Reporter sacrificed a Thursday night and headed over to the AMC Loew’s Harvard Square Theater on Church Street along with hundreds of other Harvard students. While many had visibly pre-gamed the festivities, some were able to muster out coherent responses to our questions about how Harvard would be portrayed on the Big Screen. Opinions varied on whether or not Hollywood Harvard would have more whoop than it does in reality. However, in an entrance poll, 100 percent of those surveyed said they’d typically be studying. Then again, we only asked the sober ones.

Matthew M. McCarthy ’13

John H. Campbell ’14

Kevin J. Wu ’14

Roving Reporter: So why are you going to see “The Social Network”?

John H. Campbell: I’ve got a great answer for this one—Mark Zuckerberg actually stayed in my room his freshman year.

RR: And how do you think this movie will portray Zuckerberg?

JHC: Well, I mean he got sued and lost and the trailer kind of makes him seem like a scumbag.

RR: Do you think that’s fair?

Matthew M. McCarthy: It’s a movie, you’ve gotta do it.

RR: What do you think will be the biggest difference between movie Harvard and real Harvard?

JHC: Movie Harvard’s way more fun.

Kevin J. Wu: Movie Harvard probably has less homework.

RR: You don’t think the people at movie Harvard will be more attractive?

KJW: That’s a good point.

MMM: Yeah. I wanted to say it but I didn’t want to say it.

RR: Someone had to.

Daniel H. Nevius ’11

RR: Final clubs play a pretty big role in the movie, how do you think that they’ll be portrayed?

Daniel H. Nevius: I think that they’ll be exaggerated a little bit, just from what I’ve seen in the previews. They kind of over-do them, talk them up a bit, make them seem cooler than they actually are.

RR: You didn’t punch?

DHN: Oh yeah, a couple of them.

Sanjay P. Misra ’12

RR: How do you think this movie will make Zuckerberg look?

Sanjay P. Misra: Uh, probably like an asshole.

RR: Do you think that he deserves an honorary degree from Harvard?

SPM: No, he’s got enough. He should have to come back to graduate.

RR: Would you rather be friends with Facebook Zuckerberg or MySpace Tom?

SPM: I mean, aren’t I already friends with both?

Ricardo C. Robledo ’14

RR: What do you think the biggest difference between actual Harvard students and their Hollywood counterparts will be?

Ricardo C. Robledo: Movie Harvard people will be super, super smart and super, super snotty. I mean we’re super smart but in a more humble way. I don’t know, you can’t tell by looking at us.

RR: How would you describe Harvard final clubs and parties?

RCR: We get pretty wild.

RR: What would you normally be doing right now?

RCR: Studying.

RR: Yeah, I see what you mean about the wild part.