Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
Jake
souxi:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on January 25, 2008, 10:53:29 pm ---No, no one is saying Jake must make a statement, but like the Royal family after Princess Diana's death, sometimes society's expectations of the behavior of public figures takes precedence. Jake will make a statement, sooner or later, it's inescapable for him being who he is and his connection to the Ledgers.
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The only reason that our Royal family eventually made a statement about Princess Diana was because they HAD too. There such a public outcry over the lack of response from the Queen, she really didn,t have any choice.
Jake will say something about Heath eventually. Bless him, he must be heartbroken. I know most of the focus is naturally on Heaths family at the moment, but I still keep thinking about poor Jake, bless him. :'( :'( :'(
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: ednbarby on January 26, 2008, 10:22:48 am ---I agree with you, Natali.
And you know what infuriates me (among other things) thinking about all this now? That poor Jake probably would have liked to have gone to the funeral home and/or to Perth to pay his respects, but his fame and the media make that all but impossible for him. Think about it - if he showed up at either place, it would become a media circus, and his appearance there would become the punchline of several assholes' jokes, just as apparently Heath's death has. All because they're shameless homophobes and because the two of them happened to star together in a movie that not only depicted homosexuals *realisitically*, but that gained critical acclaim and was widely viewed because of that.
Again, it infuriates me.
And not only does Jake not have to make a statement, he must know he shouldn't, because this same bullshit will happen all over again. It's not self-preservation - I'm sure he's thinking of the family. But it really, really sucks.
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You're probably exactly right, barb, but as nutmeg says, he can always go later, on a private pilgrimage so as not to add to the family's woes. On the other hand, the family might not care, in a great 'bugger off' to the media, invite him anyway. I don't know what Australian laws are on family privacy at funerals and such. Thanks to bottom-feeders like Phelps and family, we recently had to pass laws to keep what most decent people thought was sacred - a funeral - free from picketers and morbid hecklers. Plus, I don't know of course, but they might cremate him for all we know and scatter the ashes somewhere which would greatly help keep the privacy of the family.
siouxi,
--- Quote ---The only reason that our Royal family eventually made a statement about Princess Diana was because they HAD too. There such a public outcry over the lack of response from the Queen, she really didn,t have any choice.
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Exactly. Poor Jake. He's in the same boat. He would probably like to keep his thoughts and grief to himself and his close family/friends, hence his current media silence, but he cannot escape the media in his profession and will be forced to present his grief in a soundbite - accompanied by the close-up of the interviewer nodding sympathetically - eventually :P >:(
RedAzaelia:
--- Quote from: Nutmeg Guy on January 26, 2008, 10:28:58 am ---Dontcha just want to run over to Jake and hold him and say :"C'mere, S'alright"...... :'(
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I know I do. My first inexplicable reaction was an urge to cover him in warm blankets and feed him fresh home-baked cookies, and just hold him until he's ok. Poor guy.
I hope the press leaves him alone. He has no obligation to say anything at all to them, if he doesn't want to.
I just want him to be ok. :'(
nakymaton:
It just struck me...
It's fortunate for Jake's sake that he hasn't been nominated for awards this season, and doesn't have to do the interview circuit. At least he will have time to grieve, and to decide what he wants to say when the time comes. (Eventually he will have to do interviews, and someone will ask about Brokeback and Heath. But I'm glad he isn't being forced to do it now, when the grief is so raw.)
Mikaela:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on January 26, 2008, 12:15:46 pm ---He cannot escape the media in his profession and will be forced to present his grief in a soundbite - accompanied by the close-up of the interviewer nodding sympathetically - eventually :P >:(
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Ugh. I squirm at this image - but of course you're right.
--- Quote ---From Mel
At least he will have time to grieve, and to decide what he wants to say when the time comes. (Eventually he will have to do interviews, and someone will ask about Brokeback and Heath. But I'm glad he isn't being forced to do it now, when the grief is so raw.)
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I'm wondering though, in regards both quotes above - for eventual talkshow appearances and more organized types of interviews, if Jake continues to lie low for a while - can't he make it a condition (if he so chooses) that they not ask about Heath? I'm pretty sure other stars of his caliber have made similar "topic non grata" demands in order to appear. (Hugh Grant comes to mind, for entirely different reasons). I know David Letterman tormented the inane Paris Hilton for nearly a whole show appearance about her prison stay - I really can't see him doing the same to a respected actor who's made it clear in advance he wants to be allowed to grieve in private. But perhaps I'm just being naive and gullible in thinking there is some miniscule bit of decency left in the entertainment industry.
Still, as time goes by and new news stories become the order of the day, there will be less pressure on Jake to make any sort of public tribute... won't there?
But of course, there will be the off-the-cuff (or off-the-curb ::) ) interviews and questions, and press conferences where all sorts of things will be asked out of the blue... So Jake won't avoid saying something, sooner and later. But for such instances it can at least be brief and there won't be time to dwell on the matter.... for him, or the reporter.
I'm glad for his sake that he's keeping his own counsel now and keeping out of sight. The media frenzy if he appeared now would be rather horrid, I'm sure.
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