Comments on: Breaking News http://www.americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/ Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Amy http://www.americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-120444 Amy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:21:46 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/#comment-120444 <i>I honestly felt sad in a way I hadn’t felt about the death of a celebrity since River Phoenix.</i> Same here. It's a terrible loss. I honestly felt sad in a way I hadn’t felt about the death of a celebrity since River Phoenix.

Same here. It’s a terrible loss.

]]> By: Jason http://www.americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-120435 Jason Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:05:00 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/#comment-120435 A. O. Scott in the New York Times expresses what I could not: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/movies/24appr.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin A. O. Scott in the New York Times expresses what I could not:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/movies/24appr.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

]]> By: Jason http://www.americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/comment-page-1/#comment-120400 Jason Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:35:09 +0000 http://americanmadness.com/2008/01/22/breaking-news/#comment-120400 It's a very strange feeling I had when I learned this last night. I honestly felt sad in a way I hadn't felt about the death of a celebrity since River Phoenix. I suppose it's how many people of my generation felt when Kurt Cobain died, but I never liked Nirvana so it made absolutely no difference to me. When an acting legend dies in old age, such as Marlon Brando a couple of years ago, I feel sadness at the loss, but it comes with a feeling that we have a body of work to appreciate, that he had done his best work and lived a full life. One day I'm sure I'll live to see the deaths of Paul Newman, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro and certainly it will be sad, but the best work of those guys is likely behind them. Heath Ledger had only just begun. After a start as a pretty boy he moved on to some serious roles and got a lot of plaudits for performances in Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain. This guy had the potential to do great things in cinema. It’s a very strange feeling I had when I learned this last night. I honestly felt sad in a way I hadn’t felt about the death of a celebrity since River Phoenix. I suppose it’s how many people of my generation felt when Kurt Cobain died, but I never liked Nirvana so it made absolutely no difference to me.

When an acting legend dies in old age, such as Marlon Brando a couple of years ago, I feel sadness at the loss, but it comes with a feeling that we have a body of work to appreciate, that he had done his best work and lived a full life. One day I’m sure I’ll live to see the deaths of Paul Newman, Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro and certainly it will be sad, but the best work of those guys is likely behind them.

Heath Ledger had only just begun. After a start as a pretty boy he moved on to some serious roles and got a lot of plaudits for performances in Monster’s Ball and Brokeback Mountain. This guy had the potential to do great things in cinema.

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