HEATH LEDGER, R.I.P.
This isn't particularly in response to Christian from London. I am moved to say something.
It hurts to see that someone's life is thought of as a commodity, an inconvenience and in the way. I knew of Heath through his school friends -- I didn't meet him or anything, I'm not sponging off his fame, but I do know through some who grew up with him that he left a trail of simply awesome! He was a truly remarkable talent even early on and we were all cheering him on when he finally made the big time. I have other friends who were similarly talented but didn't follow through -- choosing a sensible life over their dreams. He followed his heart and his dream and he knew that was the only life for him. He was something truly, truly special.
So please leave baby Heath alone.
Like a conflicted Scully torn between faith and science, I'm torn between defending either my Heath or my XFs. It is devastatingly unfair that TXF didn't get the attention that it deserved. Instead the attention was focused on the death of someone -- in order to sell a product. That studio no doubt made lemonade out of the giant lemon they were handed, proving it is still a town where they'd sell their own grandmother to get ahead. Up until the 21 January this year I had no real motivation to watch that movie, it was too reminicent of something I had seen before... Same bat different bucket maybe. I still haven't. Whereas TXF I've seen a couple of times. It's the difference between the romance of pseudo morbidity and an exploration of the darkness and greatness of humanity. Pretend darkness proved the winner at the box office this time, well they did enlist Jimmy Dean to help!! I still refuse to watch it for the very same reason so many did watch. Cashing in on the death of someone is a really nasty, nasty way to do business. Did you know a father was lost, a son, a brother, a friend, a gentle soul who fought his demons and lost. I've lost and am losing too many people in my (real) life. I know what death means. It certainly doesn't mean a quick buck!
In a perfect world IWTB would have been released aside a recycled remake and would have blown them all away!! It really would have. Unfortunately someone died, and now we're all sorry.
I'm really, really sorry, Frank, that it hurt your work. Your brilliance and genius went largely unnoticed because someone else stole the focus. Please know he didn't want to die, he had soo much ahead of him. It was very, very cheap of the studio to cash in on that and ride the movie on that single event. There's just no respect. Is nothing sacred?
Please... Heath's not a commodity, he's a someone.
Adrianne
Heath's Hometown
Australia
"I never do the resolution thing. I'm not good at thinking about the future and what I should or shouldn't be doing. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow let alone in the next year." HEATH LEDGER December 2007
It hurts to see that someone's life is thought of as a commodity, an inconvenience and in the way. I knew of Heath through his school friends -- I didn't meet him or anything, I'm not sponging off his fame, but I do know through some who grew up with him that he left a trail of simply awesome! He was a truly remarkable talent even early on and we were all cheering him on when he finally made the big time. I have other friends who were similarly talented but didn't follow through -- choosing a sensible life over their dreams. He followed his heart and his dream and he knew that was the only life for him. He was something truly, truly special.
So please leave baby Heath alone.
Like a conflicted Scully torn between faith and science, I'm torn between defending either my Heath or my XFs. It is devastatingly unfair that TXF didn't get the attention that it deserved. Instead the attention was focused on the death of someone -- in order to sell a product. That studio no doubt made lemonade out of the giant lemon they were handed, proving it is still a town where they'd sell their own grandmother to get ahead. Up until the 21 January this year I had no real motivation to watch that movie, it was too reminicent of something I had seen before... Same bat different bucket maybe. I still haven't. Whereas TXF I've seen a couple of times. It's the difference between the romance of pseudo morbidity and an exploration of the darkness and greatness of humanity. Pretend darkness proved the winner at the box office this time, well they did enlist Jimmy Dean to help!! I still refuse to watch it for the very same reason so many did watch. Cashing in on the death of someone is a really nasty, nasty way to do business. Did you know a father was lost, a son, a brother, a friend, a gentle soul who fought his demons and lost. I've lost and am losing too many people in my (real) life. I know what death means. It certainly doesn't mean a quick buck!
In a perfect world IWTB would have been released aside a recycled remake and would have blown them all away!! It really would have. Unfortunately someone died, and now we're all sorry.
I'm really, really sorry, Frank, that it hurt your work. Your brilliance and genius went largely unnoticed because someone else stole the focus. Please know he didn't want to die, he had soo much ahead of him. It was very, very cheap of the studio to cash in on that and ride the movie on that single event. There's just no respect. Is nothing sacred?
Please... Heath's not a commodity, he's a someone.
Adrianne
Heath's Hometown
Australia
"I never do the resolution thing. I'm not good at thinking about the future and what I should or shouldn't be doing. I don't plan at all. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow let alone in the next year." HEATH LEDGER December 2007
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