Comments on: Heath Ledger Wins Best Supporting Actor At The Oscars http://www.manolith.com/2009/02/22/heath-ledger-wins-best-supporting-actor-at-the-oscars/ Man Guide Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:26:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Wiglet http://www.manolith.com/2009/02/22/heath-ledger-wins-best-supporting-actor-at-the-oscars/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Wiglet Mon, 23 Feb 2009 06:06:13 +0000 http://www.manolith.com/?p=20177#comment-771 Why so serious? Why so sympathetic? Everyone seems to over look the fact that Heath Ledger left his wife and kid to sit in an apartment in SOHO snorting cocain with the olsen twins and gemma ward, who are so skinny they have been likened to a starving reindeer! Why does our whole country look up to him as an idol, genius and creative mastermind? He may have been good at what he did, but hardly deserved an award for playing the Joker in a comic book movie? Just another example of how the Oscars is a complete joke. Backed up by the fact that Robert Downey Jnr was nominated for best supporting actor in Tropic Thunder, a movie where Jack Black claims that he will "drink all the gravey and swallow the sauce" if someone unties him so he can continue his drug binge!!! I mean seriously? how does that film display any kind of credibility to acting or the movie industry? it wasn't even funny? I mean what is this? award the druggies year combined with reward the gays aka MILK? I fail to see how anything relating to Tropic Thunder can be nominated but American Pie, one of the funniest and most original movies ever, which spawned a whole load of teen comedy movies, went completely unnoticed. Lets call a spade a spade and Heath Ledger what he actually appeared to be, a self indulgent drug addict, yes he was a good actor and a great artist but his role as the joker was hardly award worthy. Just because he is australian shouldn't make him a hero to us. Why doesn't Ben Cousins get awarded the same kind of appreciation? perhaps when he dies all of australia will come out in support of him and his "genius on the ground, and creativity with the ball" but currently they are shunning him and no doubt opposing fans will be booing him at every touch. How is he different to Heath Ledger?" Why so serious? Why so sympathetic? Everyone seems to over look the fact that Heath Ledger left his wife and kid to sit in an apartment in SOHO snorting cocain with the olsen twins and gemma ward, who are so skinny they have been likened to a starving reindeer! Why does our whole country look up to him as an idol, genius and creative mastermind? He may have been good at what he did, but hardly deserved an award for playing the Joker in a comic book movie? Just another example of how the Oscars is a complete joke. Backed up by the fact that Robert Downey Jnr was nominated for best supporting actor in Tropic Thunder, a movie where Jack Black claims that he will “drink all the gravey and swallow the sauce” if someone unties him so he can continue his drug binge!!! I mean seriously? how does that film display any kind of credibility to acting or the movie industry? it wasn’t even funny? I mean what is this? award the druggies year combined with reward the gays aka MILK? I fail to see how anything relating to Tropic Thunder can be nominated but American Pie, one of the funniest and most original movies ever, which spawned a whole load of teen comedy movies, went completely unnoticed.

Lets call a spade a spade and Heath Ledger what he actually appeared to be, a self indulgent drug addict, yes he was a good actor and a great artist but his role as the joker was hardly award worthy. Just because he is australian shouldn’t make him a hero to us. Why doesn’t Ben Cousins get awarded the same kind of appreciation? perhaps when he dies all of australia will come out in support of him and his “genius on the ground, and creativity with the ball” but currently they are shunning him and no doubt opposing fans will be booing him at every touch. How is he different to Heath Ledger?”

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