Actor Heath Ledger Found Dead In NYC - Page 11

Sean · 01-23-2008, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by mentor

No one thinks we are supposed to have sympathy for celebs, but the fact is we do. It's just human nature. We relate to their characters in film, and we feel like we know them. It feels personal because of that.

Chalk it up to the power of the silver screen. An enlightened person might universalize emotions over such needless loss to all the world's victims. For most, we have to attach a face to it...

I understand I just don't "get it." If this happened to you, we're probably there physically not to mention the emotional factor but that is not as meaningful as your parents and family. This happening to a star who's not paying attention to their already privileged life (again I am admittedly lumping them in the same boat but then I'm not wasting my time talking about one selfish individual either and am more concerned [as always] with the mental process, here being association) I'm thinking... "You stupid selfish asshole... etc..." I'm certainly not thinking, "Oh my day's bummed now... etc..."

Kanadesaga · 01-23-2008, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Teri B.

(And FUCK, I hate this Giants fucking hat! The loser avatar was so much more bearable! DAMN YOU KanaD!)

who me?

what did I do? Oh yea I picked the winner!!

the hat looks good on you!

mentor · 01-23-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sean

I understand I just don't "get it." If this happened to you, we're probably there physically not to mention the emotional factor but that is not as meaningful as your parents and family. This happening to a star who's not paying attention to their already privileged life (again I am admittedly lumping them in the same boat but then I'm not wasting my time talking about one selfish individual either and am more concerned [as always] with the mental process, here being association) I'm thinking... "You stupid selfish asshole... etc..." I'm certainly not thinking, "Oh my day's bummed now... etc..."

I guess what gets me about someone like this is that they had the world at their feet and they lost it. If someone so privileged can lose everything so easily, then how much more fragile are the lives of "normal" people. I think that is part of why we make celebrities. We want an imaginary world which is not subject to mortality. Of course we can never actually have it.

I can see thinking "you stupid asshole, you had it all, and you blew it!" It is not an unreasonable reaction, especially when someone in that life is self-destructive.

Free Parking · 01-23-2008, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Teri B.

Cause like it or not, we're human beings. We see these people on the screen, like their acting, the way they look, the characters they play, or whatever, and we feel some kind of connection to them.

I have never felt a connection with an actor or actress. I don't think I have ever had a connection with anyone who I haven't had some interaction with.

brian_wilbanks · 01-23-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by mudwhistle

I'm surprised none of you are blaming this on Bush.

I'm surprised some neo-con christian douchebag hasnt come forward to claim this is gods punishment for Heaths role in pushing the homosexual agenda

mentor · 01-23-2008, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Free Parking

I have never felt a connection with an actor or actress. I don't think I have ever had a connection with anyone who I haven't had some interaction with.

Lots of people do though. Many recognize the characters on sit-coms as their friends. (brain imaging shows the same activity when subjects are shown pictures of friends and when shown pictures of their favorite tv personalities). Unfortunately the friendship only flows one direction...kind of sad, really.

Comicsartist · 01-23-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by brian_wilbanks

I'm surprised some neo-con christian douchebag hasnt come forward to claim this is gods punishment for Heaths role in pushing the homosexual agenda

Falwell's dead, man. Hopefully that kind of hate is a bit less now.

poetrychic · 01-23-2008, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mudwhistle

I'm surprised none of you are blaming this on Bush.

behave yourself

Teri B. · 01-23-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by brian_wilbanks

I'm surprised some neo-con christian douchebag hasnt come forward to claim this is gods punishment for Heaths role in pushing the homosexual agenda

You must have missed that post.

Teri B. · 01-23-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by mentor

I guess what gets me about someone like this is that they had the world at their feet and they lost it. If someone so privileged can lose everything so easily, then how much more fragile are the lives of "normal" people. I think that is part of why we make celebrities. We want an imaginary world which is not subject to mortality. Of course we can never actually have it.

I can see thinking "you stupid asshole, you had it all, and you blew it!" It is not an unreasonable reaction, especially when someone in that life is self-destructive.

I agree.

Sean, sounds like your reaction was basically, how did this asshole throw away his life. I think a couple of lines on a message board saying, "jeez, what a shame," is a reasonable reaction. We're not wallowing in grief, just commenting. I felt a little sad; Sean, sounds like you felt a little angry. Both seem like reasonable reactions and not out of proportion for someone we never met.

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