On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Trevor Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i4c4ed3de929a1b5dcb268cfafca5766e > > > > Casey Affleck admitted to The New York Times Thursday that the strange > > behavior of actor Joaquin Phoenix is a put-on, staged for the > > documentary on which they collaborated, " I'm Still Here," and the > > infamous 2009 appearance on "Late Show with David Letterman." > > I have one question for Misters Affleck and Phoenix: So? > Mine would be: "Who is Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck again?" Oh, right, those guys. Sigh. They are so full of sh*t there really is no difference between this being real or a "joke" (what part of this is funny? I don't think they really mean that they were joking - they probably mean they were deconstructing celebrity (see the quote below). ********** "Affleck also says that Phoenix's agent, Patrick Whitesell at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, was in on the joke. But as The Hollywood Reporter has reported<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i01b6a2dad021a54586de5997a7797ad7>, the aberrant behavior hasn't hurt Phoenix's career; he's weighing his next film roles. There had been rumblings for quite some time that Phoenix was faking his sudden career detour from respected actor to unstable, aspiring hip-hop artist. Affleck explained that the ruse was necessary to frame the documentary's focus, "the disintegration of celebrity, without the clutter of preconceived notions." ********** There have been more than rumblings - as far as I can tell it has been widely assumed and greeted with relentless apathy that it was all a put-on. Our late great friend Tom wrote in the immediate aftermath on the thread here on 2-15-10 https://mail.google.com/mail/#search/Joaquin/11f7b2b39b96a6a3: "I seem to be the only one who ever read a Rolling Stone interview from 15-20 years back in which he says "he's not doing The Tonight Show, he's doing a parody/satire of The Tonight Show." Let's review: 1. Joaquin : Bit." TH's analysis was widely accepted by this list. The only real question that remains is whether Dave was really unaware. I can buy that he was not part of the pre-arrangement of the bit, but I will be surprised if Dave says he is surprised to learn it was a bit. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
