Comments | mrdankelly: Wow

mrdankelly

Wow

Jan 29, 2008 12:11

I'm not one for celebrity worship. The only celebrity whose death made me feel like my legs had been knocked out from under me was Mr. Rogers, but that was more akin to hearing that a beloved uncle had passed away. Heath Ledger's death, however, made me sad, even though I can't recall seeing anything he'd been in* (though I'm looking forward to his ( Read more... )

rip, death

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matthardwick January 29 2008, 18:36:21 UTC

...You haven't seen I'm Not There yet? Or Brokeback Mountain?

Not a-scoldin' here, just curious...:-)

Death's bony finger prodding me in my own approaching-middle-age gut.

Well, don't forget Mae West's warning about age...
;-)

mrdankelly January 29 2008, 18:42:10 UTC

Nope, just haven't gotten around to it, I guess. Netflix!

seriesfinale January 29 2008, 19:06:48 UTC

Brokeback Mountain is the performance that left me feeling bad about his death...I don't think this is a spoiler, but Ledger in the last few scenes still really gets me misty.

oblomova January 29 2008, 19:34:36 UTC

I think he was the best thing in Monster's Ball, actually.

mrdankelly January 29 2008, 19:48:44 UTC

Oh right! I saw that too.

What? Billy Bob's stringy, skeletal body violating Halle Berry's gorgeosity wasn't prime entertainment for you? How about Halle beating the fat kid for hoarding candy bars? You're too picky.

oblomova January 29 2008, 19:58:11 UTC

Well, I also enjoyed the psychic disconnect of seeing uber-lefty Peter Boyle (RIP) playing a klansman with scary conviction.

little_octagon January 29 2008, 20:04:44 UTC

I had a similar realization during Hurricane Katrina, with my own squeezling (who was ten months old at the time). I was watching the Superdome footage which showed a mother, babe in arms. No diapers. No formula. I'm sure she didn't love her baby any less than I love mine. Then, you know, there I was, watching the whole thing in the comfort of my air-conditioned study with a clean and well-fed Eleanor zonked out next to me. On 8/30/05, my kiddo had a better shot at survival simply because her mommy was a middle-class edumacated white chick living above sea level. That's when I got choked up, more than on just a "this is so fucking unfair, George Bush is a racist asshole, yadda yadda yadda" level.

I also have a copy of Brokeback Mountain. If'n you want to borrow it, let me know.

lawgeekgurl January 30 2008, 03:16:39 UTC

Jim Henson was the death that hit me like a ton of bricks. Oh, and Freddy Mercury. Sad.