... ’s “Joker” is not funny, is not quirky, is nothing but poisonous vicious evil. There is no cusp of comedy, no fringe of funny. Instead Ledger’s Joker is mean, menacing, and evil to the uttermost. Jack Nicholson, the 1989 Joker, warned Heath Ledger not to get swallowed up by the dark side of this fictitious figure. “Be careful, Heath: don’t let the role get to you,” Nicholson is alleged to have warned his younger colleague about playing the Clown Prince of Crime. As everyone knows, the young ...
... village." Thomas Friedman is right: the world is flat. Everybody knows everybody else's business. And we seem to think that we have a RIGHT to know everybody else's business. Look at the swarm of speculation that flew about when the young Australian actor Heath Ledger was found dead. The media formed a feeding frenzy around every aspect of Ledger's life and family, making his tragic death the lead story on every newscast. Eventually the news stories focused on how many news stories were being done about ...
