Brokeback Mountain: Our Community's Common Bond > Heath Ledger Remembrance Forum
The Latest on Jake G.
Brokeback_Dev:
I read on IHJ that Jake G, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Christain Bale are going to help finish Heaths last film, Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus as a tribute to Heath.. They were all close friends to Heath.
Brokeback_Dev:
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Either way, I don't feel it's justified for the press and gossip tabloids to pass judgment on the cause of death. It's an enormous tragedy no matter what the cause. Sometimes I feel like with the press/tabloid urge to press the "drug overdose" story too far, there's an underlying sense of "blaming the victim." To me that's just so unfair.
The thing I hope the most (in any scenario leading up to his passing away) is that he wasn't truly sad or depressed like some reports also seem to suggest. To me that's the most important thing.
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I agree 100% with you Amanda, but I really had a need to know about what was going on with Jake.. Heath and Jake are our Jack and Ennis.. The thing that has brought us all together here on Bettermost.. Heath and Jake deserve not to be hounded by the paps, as they are terrible and relentless. But having such a "close" connection to Jake via Brokeback mountain as well as his other movies makes it important to know how Jake is ??!!! I don't think its wrong to want to know how he is doing.. of course he cares. He is seriously grieving the loss of someone very close to him.. The fact that he keeps a pic of Heath in his pocket shows the love he "has" for the man. Its still hard to believe Heath is dead.. I don't want to think it was depression or drugs or loneliness. And i hat the paps.. I was one of the first on the Jake Jake Jake thread to say i dont like the pap pics but do welcome the studio shots.
Brown Eyes:
--- Quote from: brokeback_dev on February 01, 2008, 12:09:07 am ---I really had a need to know about what was going on with Jake.. Heath and Jake are our Jack and Ennis.. The thing that has brought us all together here on Bettermost.. Heath and Jake deserve not to be hounded by the paps, as they are terrible and relentless. But having such a "close" connection to Jake via Brokeback mountain as well as his other movies makes it important to know how Jake is ??!!! I don't think its wrong to want to know how he is doing.. of course he cares. He is seriously grieving the loss of someone very close to him.. The fact that he keeps a pic of Heath in his pocket shows the love he "has" for the man. Its still hard to believe Heath is dead.. I don't want to think it was depression or drugs or loneliness. And i hat the paps.. I was one of the first on the Jake Jake Jake thread to say i dont like the pap pics but do welcome the studio shots.
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{{{dev}}} And, I agree with this 100% :-*
--- Quote from: brokeback_dev on February 01, 2008, 12:01:14 am ---
I read on IHJ that Jake G, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, and Christain Bale are going to help finish Heaths last film, Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus as a tribute to Heath.. They were all close friends to Heath.
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And, this is certainly a very sweet idea. At this point, it's hard to know what to believe with so many stories and speculative reports going around. But, this is definitely a really touching idea.
ednbarby:
--- Quote from: atz75 on February 01, 2008, 12:14:51 am ---And, this is certainly a very sweet idea. At this point, it's hard to know what to believe with so many stories and speculative reports going around. But, this is definitely a really touching idea.
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I agree. And with all you and Dev have said here, as well. "Blaming the victim" - that's exactly what they're doing. And it's disgusting.
I also think it's perfectly understandable to want to know Jake's OK.
It's good to know he isn't dealing with this alone - that he has someone he loves to be with and to help him through it.
I, too, hate the pap pics and refuse to look at them, even when they're posted here. I just think it's such an intrusion. I don't want or need to see stars "doing normal stuff like everyone else" - I know they do. They're human just like everyone else. Let's extend them the same dignity we'd want extended to ourselves. Oh - there's that pesky Golden Rule again. Wouldn't want to let that get in the way of making a buck or two or something.
(Sorry - here comes the Anger rearing its ugly head again.)
THE WINGS:
I'm so glad that, so far, at least, Jake has been able to slip past the paparazzi bullshit bloodhounds. He is probably in deep mourning, as anyone of us would be after losing a close friend. I've been there a few times, and especially in the case of a sudden death, the shock takes time to wear off. I think I know where I would want to go, if I were Jake..... Enough said. God bless you, Jake. Our hearts are with you!
THE WINGS
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