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Speculation on whether Joaquin Phoenix is really quitting acting to become a rapper has been rampant. Is it a hoax? His terrible Las Vegas performance, in which he was pretty much indecipherable, suggests yes. But if his new career is a prank, he and brother-in-law Casey Affleck – who’s documenting the transition on film – are going to flog it ‘til the end, apparently. In this Nielsen Entertainment story, Phoenix certainly sounds serious. And here’s what Affleck says: “It seemed like a kind of interesting period in his life. Here's this very private person who's willing to let a documentary crew do an intimate kind of portrait of him, going to his house and going everywhere he goes. I've never seen anything like that done in a kind of honest, non-exploitive way.”
Phoenix said his raggedy new Grizzly Adams look is meant to sever him from his current leading man public persona. We get it, but can he really not groom….just a little?
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Casey is filming the transition......
Seems to me that Joaquin and Casey are making a film about the publics reaction to a star gone weird. I bet it's all an act and they are going to have a laugh on the media when all is said and done. Cmon, that performance on Letterman and the Neilson story kind of lay it all out
I think it's a hilarious prank but I hope that they have a sense of when it's going too far. I mean, he's a great actor but he can't be Andy Kauffman. Only Andy Kauffman could get away with it. Actually - take that back, Kauffman DIDN'T get away with it... he pissed people off and almost ruined his career. But, I think Phoenix is basically a nicer person than Kauffman. I have also heard Phoenix complain in interviews that he doesn't understand why he never gets offered comedies. Maybe this is his way of making the industry look at him in a different way. That could be wishful thinking. I would miss his acting.
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