You may already be aware of this, but if you are not: something strange is going on with Joaquin Phoenix. I first caught up with this new development in this brilliant actor's career when I saw this vid of him, uh, "performing" in Vegas. Then there was a fascinating Newsweek interview where he confirmed he is quitting acting for good. To top it all off, he gave a incredible performance on the now infamous Letterman interview last week. Of course the media is attributing all of this to either drugs, mental breakdown, a hoax, or some combination of these. I'm hoping this is all a calculated move to take "acting" to a new level, exposing himself and by extension all of us as the characters that we choose to play. Whatever he is up to, I suspect it is a subversive piece of genius.
