葛丽塔要他的最新电影项目， 芭比娃娃, which has its global release tomorrow, is among the most anticipated films of the summer. 摘自 《世界十大电子游戏平台》 和 Time magazine to innumerable TV stories 和 social media posts, 葛韦格——演员, 作家, 和 director — is everywhere right now. But long before Gerwig was everywhere, she was at the gates of 116th Street 和 Broadway — on the Barnard campus.
当要 主修英语 与一个 剧院 浓度, 帕特里夏·丹尼森 — associate chair of the Department of English 和 senior lecturer— was her faculty adviser for all four years.“她很有求知欲. She was so remarkably creative,” recalled Denison. “And she just wanted to sample so much.”
Gerwig’s former professors tell a similar story about her.
格里塔是我的学生 文艺复兴时期的讨论会 — one of our core seminars for juniors — in the fall semester of 2004. She wrote wonderful essays 和 was a st和out in class discussions, taking our conversations to higher planes while keeping a sense of humor 和 earning the affection of her classmates,” 彼得·普拉特, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of English. “Greta was a pleasure to teach, 和 the class was simply better because she was in it.”
“She was a lovely presence — very vibrant,” English Department senior lecturer 莫拉明镜.
Gerwig told reporters during a press junket that she had planned to study musical 剧院 at either NYU or UCLA. But on a trip to 纽约市, her father encouraged her to visit Barnard 和 Columbia. “We did the tour of Columbia, 和 I liked it. But when I went to Barnard, I wanted to be all the women I met there,” 说要. “I was instantly drawn to the place 和 the women. They all seemed like superheroes to me. 我的整个人生计划都改变了.” Even though she missed the early admissions deadline, 她写信给招生办, “如果我进不去的话, save my application because I’ll be applying as a transfer next year.”
“What I think captured her about Barnard is that you can test out so many different ways of being yourself,丹尼森说, who has been teaching at Barnard since 1990.
“I think it is partly because it is grounded. 在英语系, you have an emphasis on doing a tremendous amount of reading as well as [on] a tremendous amount of writing, so that the best creative 作家s are also doing analytical writing 和 then they can begin to focus on a particular genre. So they can really try out different ways of being a 作家,丹尼森说.
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As silver screens around the world light up in pink, Denison — who is in London for the summer — will be among the legions of Gerwig, 芭比娃娃, 和 movie fans flocking to the 剧院.
“I love the way some of the advertising is framing it — that 芭比娃娃 is a movie for those who hate 芭比娃娃 和 芭比娃娃 is a movie for those who love 芭比娃娃,丹尼森说. “During interviews for the movie, [Gerwig] talks about joy. 她想给人们带来欢乐, 和 that’s what I felt was very much with her as an undergraduate as well.”
LISTEN: Gerwig discusses her big love for Barnard on the podcast 萨曼塔·比的精选词汇:
