Joaquin Phoenix Debacle

[Mendorah]

Is anybody following this madness???

 

http://osmoothie.com/2009/02/12/is-joaquin-phoenix-pulling-a-stunt-or-has-he-lost-his-mind/

 

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/video-joaquin-phoenix-ends-career-on-dave/

 

http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/01/15/casey-affleck-directing-joaquin-phoenix-documentary/

 

 

[Emperor]

No... but without clicking the links, what is going on in a nutshell?

[Joram]

Hairlipped-Dumbass said he was quitting acting to become a musician.

[Emperor]

Oh... I reported on that months ago.  Heh...

[Emperor]

Ok I guess I didn't but read it somewhere a few months ago. 

[Tessandra]

What the hell?? That clip was hilarious :D I don't know if he was serious or high or just acting or what but I don't really care either so meh. Amusing nonetheless ;D Maybe he'll be a good rapper? We already know he is a good singer so who knows.

[Far Dareis Mai]

Yeah I thought this was totally crazy. Perhaps being raised in a commune*coughcultcough* is finally taking effect?

[Cadsuane]

I'm inclined to believe it's a gag for the mockumentary. But we shall see. ^_^

[Mendorah]

Empy, just watch the clips of David Letterman.  Oh!  And there's some really BAD film of one of his Rap performances on Youtube.  And when I say Bad, I mean, the quality of the sound is so bad you can barely hear him.  Although I'm sure his rapping is bad as well.

 

I'm a HUGE fan of Joaquin Phoenix, so I was sad when I heard he was quitting acting for a singing career, but I thought he really meant SINGING.  I saw the David Letterman appearance and thought it was a brilliant gag then.  Then second thought and HOPED it was a brilliant gag.  I forgot about it until today for some reason.  I'm still thinking it is a gag due to the Casey Affleck documentary filming, but there's still a chance that he's just totally flipped his lid.

[Dunbar]

I'm fairly sure it's a giant hoax that'll be revealed with the documentary

 

it all seems too... I don't know. Crazy to me

 

Either that, or he's flipped completely

[Haxorsist]

I'm with MeDunCads on this. I think (and hope) it's a hoax.

[Dunbar]

It'd be a damn shame to see a talent like him wither away into insanity and rap >.<

 

I mean, I've seen some bootleg footage of him singing, and it's quite.. horrible

[Tenshin_Xo]

If you listen carefully as phoenix is hugging letterman at the end you can hear phonix say something like "did I do ok?" and letterman replies more clearly "you did great, good job.".  (just for you joram)

 

I'm gonna go with an Andy Kaufman style performance.

[Dunbar]

that whispered comment doesn't necessarily entail that it's an act, he could've been asking if he did okay on the show in general