The Joaquin Phoenix Prank Continues Apace
In the event that you were wondering if Joaquin Phoenix was still working hard on his prank joke in which he makes A Mighty Wind 2 The Streets with his friend Casey Affleck, yup. He is. From the AP:
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Joaquin Phoenix appears to be getting into the act of being a petulant hip-hop star.He jumped off the stage during a short performance at a Miami Beach nightclub early Thursday morning and confronted an audience member who was heckling him. Security guards dragged him back on stage and escorted him away.
It's unknown whether the confrontation--and his pledge to quit acting and start rapping--was real or a put-on, but actor Casey Affleck recorded the performance on camera.
Right. It's unknown whether the surprisingly out of character confrontation between a Hollywood actor and a "heckler" captured on film by Casey Affleck, star of Gone Baby Gone and Ocean's 13 was real or a put-on. Absolutely no way of knowing. Hey, could you bring the scientists in here? I know the scientists won't have any more luck than we will, what with this being completely unknowable and everything, but it would be nice to at least have the scientists confirm that there's absolutely no way to know one way or the other. Science.
You know, I'm willing to accept that full grown adults are reporting on this story for the world's leading news source, that is the world we live in, but they could at least write about it in a way that didn't make America look like a nation of dumb babies scratching their soft heads as King Phoenix put on a play for his own amusement. Off with our heads! (Sorry.)
UPDATE: Video of the incident now available.
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Posted by Gabe at 10:15 AM in Bloopers
Tags: Casey Affleck | Hoaxes | Joaquin Fatiguenix | Joaquin Phoenix
Don't call it a comeback...
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every time someone pays attention to joaquin, an angel doesn't get its wings.
i'm looking at you, associated press.
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Well, sir, if you knew about journalism, real journalism, a journalist never reports speculation as certainty, no matter how good speculation may be. A real journalist only reports supported facts as fact, meaning a statement from a publicist, or a police record, or something like that, and even then, they say "police say" or "their publicist says". That's journalistic integrity. The problem is, now-a-days, we have programs with speculators reporting their opinion as fact. (ie; Fox News), so a lot of people, such as yourself, get confused as to what is journalism, and what is blogging. Although, editorials are opinion and are a part of journalism, when one is reporting the news, they can't say "Joaquin Phoenix is obviously pulling a big prank on all of us." because there is not FACTUAL information out that says this.
Personally, I think it's part of a prank, too. But geez, dude, just because you believe that doesn't mean you put it into a news article. There are blogs, and editorials for that. And tabloids.
Anyway, we'll all find out soon enough what's going on. But if we're wrong, and Joaquin's life takes a tragic turn, we'll all be feeling like dicks. Which is why journalist can't report that. Nobody likes having to print retractions.
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You have GOT to be kidding me.
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As Gob would say (to Michael as he disputes the DNA test results proving he fathered STEVE HOLT!): The jury's still out on science.
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As Gob would say (to Michael as he disputes the DNA test results proving he fathered STEVE HOLT!): The jury's still out on science.
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An occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business just scienced you on what it is to commit acts of journalism; also, thanks casey affleck?
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Joaquin is a weirdo, but he is at least succeeding at marketing himself and entertaining people, which is what entertainers are supposed to do, right?
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