How ’bout them CARDS! Woo hoo.. going to the Superbowl!

though i don’t think anything i say will compete with the essay above me

I think my beef with him stems from the fact that he can’t stop talking about how it was “his dreeeeaaaaam” to be on Broadway. Yeah, dude, that’s the dream of a lot of us, and I’ve seen actors who could certainly be considered as talented, if not more, than him, struggle through shows with fevers of above 100 degrees, or throwing up every time they leave the stage because they’re doing what they love and couldn’t dream of quitting. Ever. For anything.

There’s an expression. “Actors don’t get sick.” This in part comes from the fact that actors literally can’t get sick because it’s at a great expense to productions, usually (and this: case and point– the producers had to flail about to find a replacement for him that would garner as much attention), but it also comes from the fact that actors who are invested as he claims to be don’t LET themselves get sick. It frustrates me that because he comes from a generation in Hollywood where partying is so prevalent he considers himself entitled. In New York, onstage especially, it’s almost a code of honor that when you’re in production, the show is what comes first. Again, this might not be the case for rich movie stars, but I can’t even remember the last time I read about a Broadway performer who indulges in unhealthy activities as much as many celebrities do these days. When I’m in production, I stop doing anything that could compromise my health and therefore jeopardize the production that so many have put so much effort into. And it frustrates me that he seems to have broken this unspoken code that exists on the stage. I don’t know if I’m being unfortunately biased and idealistic because I feel like he’s somehow besmirched the honor of the stage performer… Maybe this isn’t justified, but it infuriates me that he can say here that he was taking care of himself and not staying out late, blah, blah, when really there are so many reports of him calling no end to his partying ways. It’s one thing for him to say, “Oh, this was my dream and I hate that I had to leave!” and it’s another thing for him to actually demonstrate that attitude in reality. It just adds salt to the wound that, like people have said above, he’s been seen in perfect health at so many Hollywood events lately. That just reads to me as him purely thumbing his nose at a production he didn’t seem to be devoted to, after all.

Okay, wow. I went on a bit of an unexpected tirade there. tl;dr, seriously.