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. . . why did he go ahead and do the role?
LOL!
brm
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Feb 9, 2014 - 11:17 AM
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Warlok
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But I must say that I was startled by some of the tributes to Hoffman I saw tonight on MSNBC and CNN -- some felt that he was the greatest living American actor, which seemed just a bit of an exaggeration. I thought he was okay, sometimes even good, and VERY good as Truman Capote. But he was, going beyond American actors, no Ben Kingsley or Liam Neeson or Anthony Hopkins or....
You always get that with vox pop surveys of anything - the more recent events are always uppermost in the mind. I'm sure similar things were said about Heath Ledger.
And, yes, my sympathy is reserved primarily for his kids, without any apology. I was little more than one myself when I lost my father, and 37 years later I don't think a day goes by without wishing he'd lived to see things like home computers, the internet, CDs, digital photography and air conditoning in cars as a standard feature (something he used to go on about  ). It'll be worse for them, being younger.
So sympathy for his kids, and - on the grounds that he must have bought 70 bags of heroin from somewhere, thus helping to perpetuate a horrible industry - sympathy for people who are caught up in drug addiction who haven't had one hundredth of his privilege or ability to fund lifestyle choices.
Well said. From a stage presence/acting point of view, I never thought he was very remarkable... rather dull/neutral to my mind. But the tragedy is still tragedy. Too bad folks who taste success also then find themselves enabled to fall prey to addictions. Definitely sympathies for family etc. . What TallFellow said.
EDIT: I wonder if he had the addiction before he became an actor, or before he became a successful actor...
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