Someone please tell me the Joaquin Phoenix interview on Letterman tonight is a bit.

[flvegan]

It's a gag, right? Tell me I've been had, please.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Either one of two things:

1. Joaquin is a raging egomaniac that truly believes in his own greatness OR
2. Joaquin's little red choo-choo has gone chugging around the bend.

[flvegan]

4. He's either really acting well

or he's checked out for the evening.

[GOPisEvil]

6. In his case, I might argue both.

There is a fine line between brilliance and madness.

[rcrush]

53. edit.

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[Robeson]

2. Didn't see it. What did he do?

[flvegan]

5. See Post #4.

[marchellojones]

11. short clip

http://tinyurl.com/d87enj

[BarenakedLady]

3. It is painful

really.

[hibbing]

7. ugh

Hi,
Well that certainly was strange. Dave ripped him a new one with his comments. I never got the impression that it was some kind of gag, just him not wanting to be there at all, or on some serious mind altering substances.

Anyone remember Crispin Glover on Dave?

Peace

[EastTennesseeDem]

8. He deserved it

"Joaquin, sorry you couldn't be here tonight."

etc. etc.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

12. Yes, Crispins was bizarre --

also this tonight reminds me of something Andy Kaufman would have done.

[jobycom]

30. Crispin's was fake, as was Phoenix's.

Glover was infamous for his performance acting. If he had really been that far gone, the directors would never have let him out on stage.

These things always happen on Letterman. I wonder if it's because Letterman is willing to play along, or because the performers trust his ability to play the straight man.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. I agree ...

remember Andy Kaufman? :hi:

eta:
http://www.youtube.com/v/kv73yzYuE_M&hl=en&fs=1

[marchellojones]

9. He certanily acted

in a strange way. Not too sure if it was an act. I think JP was serious!

[EastTennesseeDem]

10. His next guest is, ah, better

You know?

[Tom Kitten]

13. hmm...something not look forward to on Dave tonight

Maybe he wasn't acting in "Gladiator"? Just being himself?

His face (especially profile and hair) remind me so much of penultimate psycho roommate...A totally narcissistic megalomaniac manipulator who would laugh when he's say he didn't get along with anybody and the time he lost it and started screaming at me came up and tried to intimidate me by pushing me with his three hundred pound belly (at least he was six foot five)...A replacement recommended by the guy who moved out and seemed OK until he moved in and took over, making the four others (it was a great 5 bedroom house) feel so oppressed we got together and told him he leave. He refused, so we all did! This was in 1999, and I have serious doubts he is still alive today...God what bad memories this Joaquin dude manages to dredge up!

[crim son]

14. Just watched a couple clips. Ugh.

I've always rather passionately admired him and am sorry to see, not that he's leaving acting, but that he's doing so under... apparent duress.

[krispos42]

15. Oh, good, it wasn't only me that saw that...

I kept expecing Joaquin to rip off a fake beard at the end of the bit and do something... interesting.


Only I guess it wasn't a bit and the beard was real.


:wtf:

[flvegan]

17. I really thought it was a bit.

The first few minutes I thought I was going to see him do something that mocked some other idiot celebrity or something. After the third or fourth line from Dave poking him, I started thinking that it was real. And I felt sad. And I still do.

[krispos42]

19. I went off and moved some furniture

I'm moving out of my place at the end of the month.

Stacking old college textbooks on the floor was more entertaining, frankly.

[LeftyMom]

16. He's doing a faux breakdown for a mockumentary. Anyhow, we all know those vegans are crazy.

:popcorn:

[flvegan]

21. Considering River, I hope it's not fake.

I mean I hope that it IS fake but he'll fry for it if it is.

[LeftyMom]

24. It's fake. He did a phony rap performance in Vegas a while back.

Some actor's kid, I forget who, is shooting a documentary and he's starring. It's all a gag.

[EastTennesseeDem]

25. Casey Affleck

The talented Affleck brothar and Joaquin Phoenix's brother-in-law.

Yep, it's a hoax. I can laugh at it now instead of squirm uncomfortably.

[flvegan]

26. A gag.

His brother died of an OD, and he's faking it. Great. If true...

Thanks for Earthlings, and thanks for your work with IDA and PETA.

Now go fuck yourself.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. That's what I heard too.

Which, if true, is awesome. I want to see that mockumentary.

[Arugula Latte]

48. He's got Mad Tofu disease.

It eats the brain, ya know.

[Jamastiene]

18. I'm not sure what kind of drugs he's on, but

even with my appetite for drugs and my penchant for taking two of whatever made someone nutty, I DO NOT want ANY of whatever he took. :(

[merh]

20. here is the 5 minute clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXpYk7WGN5Y

[RebelOne]

34. I tried to watch that. I really did, but couldn't get past the first 2 minutes. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

55. How hilarious. He sure didn't want to play the game, did he?

[malta blue]

22. I did not see it, but from what I have read, it sounds so sad.

:cry:

[1]

27. totally joaquin trying to channel andy kaufman as part of his new "i am not an actor"...

"i am a hip hop musician" bullshit.

and it was sad to watch that.

jp don't do this...

[Reverend_Smitty]

28. It was painful to watch

I couldn't tell if he was being serious or is just trying to fool us all. The interview definitely reminded me of the infamous Crispin Glover appearance in the late 80's

[Hell Hath No Fury]

41. Yup, he's doing an Andy Kaufman.

I thought it was hilarious! :D

[jobycom]

29. It's a character he's playing, like Crispin Glover and Andy Kaufman and Andy Dick.

At least I think Dick's was an act. Glover and Phoenix were. Joaquin has done the faux-meltdown bit a couple of times.

Kaufman is still the greatest. I still wonder if he's really dead. And if he is, that might be an even more clever gig than if he faked it, since it would mean he started a gag while he was alive that continues to run even after he died. Not many performers can keep a performance going that long.

[orestes]

31. In regards to Mr. Kaufman

I'm still not convinced that Ann Coulter isn't Andy in drag.

[jobycom]

32. Ah heck, it's plausible. nt

[Dr. Strange]

38. Yeah, it's gotta be.

His reaction with sticking the gum under the desk seems a bit too clever.

[jobycom]

46. It is, his friends have talked about it, and LeftyMom has more on it upstream.

He's helping some young filmmaker out. Letterman or his directors wouldn't have allowed someone that far gone on stage.

And yeah, the gum was darned clever. Watch how quickly and smoothly he does that, when he's supposed to be so gone he can't even focus on long questions.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

42. I worked with Kaufman's longtime girlfriend -

and yes, he really is gone. :(

[jobycom]

43. Yeah, I know. But I still wonder...

Mostly because it's fun to wonder.

I still think that in the back of his mind when he made the comments about faking his own death one day and then coming back twenty years later, that he knew it would screw with people's minds if he did die young. He was just one of a kind. My teenager is taking a class on rock history, which is turning into pop-culture history, and her teacher introduced her to Kaufman, so I've been reliving some of what he did. I remember when the wrestling thing happened on Letterman, and everyone believed it, and it wasn't until ten years after his death that the wrestler revealed it had all been staged. You gotta admire a comedian who can set up a joke ten or twenty years in the making.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

47. The first time I saw him...

was on The Dating Game! My Mom and I were watching, completely stunned, with no idea what was going on. When he showed up years later in "Taxi" we both remembered him -- he was pretty unforgettable. :D

He was certainly an original -- it made for truly dangerous comedy.

[jobycom]

49. I saw him on SNL. I remember the next Monday at school

everyone was talking about him. Almost everyone thought he was an idiot, but a couple of us elite type got it, and thought he was brilliant. He was one of my first experiences with trying to explain a type of humor to people who didn't get it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

50. What I found most interesting is the...

genuine hostility his comedy generated -- people really hated the guy!

[jobycom]

51. People hate what makes them feel ignorant.

Those who didn't get him felt outside the ring looking in, and no one likes to be excluded.

[MilesColtrane]

33. Heroin, with just a taste of blow to keep from nodding off on camera.

[angel823]

40. unfortunately

I think you are right.

[Rabrrrrrr]

35. Seems like a bit of playacting to me - Dave is playing it too straight

and if Joaquin was that out of it, he wouldn't have been brought on.

[Iggo]

36. Joaquin Phoenix is a bit.

[Whoa_Nelly]

37. It's his lead up to his real life permanent Howard Hughes imitation

Looks like he's in deep mental shit at the moment.

Kinda scary :scared:


clip:
http://gawker.com/5152039/joaquin-phoenixs-letterman-disaster

[crimsonblue]

44. he's in character. n/t

[AlCzervik]

45. it's fake, Casey Affleck is doing a Mockumentary on him.

i love Casey Affleck.

[Roon]

52. I think Crispen Glover was far more strange on Letterman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALapHYNSmoA

[rcrush]

54. I've been trying to figure out what drug he took.

I dont think its acid cause he would have had a lot more fun during the conversation. Ex? Never did Ex so I dont know. My guess is he took some pills.