RIP Philip Seymour Hoffman

I'm just tired of these "Top 10 Phillip Seymour Hoffman Movie" pieces and articles praising his acting skills. I know everyone wants to put their name on the best eulogy of his amazing career while his name is still hot, but it's too quick for me. You'd think his real life tragedy would, at least for the moment, outweigh what he did while playing make believe.

Instead of posthumous applause, how about some appreciation of his life's work still in progress. His 3 small children must now deal with daddy's absence as well as his messy departure. What are the odds that one or more of these kids ends up in rehab, or worse, before they reach their 18th birthday? Who wants to buy a ticket for that show? Too much reality?

Yeah, let's all watch that footage from "Capote" again. He was good in "Scent of a Woman" too.
 
Dalyn said:
Addiction is no respecter of person or circumstance. Neither is mental illness.
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Yep. Well said.

And plenty of articles et cetera have addressed this side of the sad story that is Hoffman's death—many even without resorting to sanctimony.
 
Runnin said:
I'm just tired of these "Top 10 Phillip Seymour Hoffman Movie" pieces and articles praising his acting skills. I know everyone wants to put their name on the best eulogy of his amazing career while his name is still hot, but it's too quick for me. You'd think his real life tragedy would, at least for the moment, outweigh what he did while playing make believe.

Instead of posthumous applause, how about some appreciation of his life's work still in progress. His 3 small children must now deal with daddy's absence as well as his messy departure. What are the odds that one or more of these kids ends up in rehab, or worse, before they reach their 18th birthday? Who wants to buy a ticket for that show? Too much reality?

Yeah, let's all watch that footage from "Capote" again. He was good in "Scent of a Woman" too.
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Showing appreciation for his art is the only real way people outside of his circle can "show appreciation of his life's work still in progress." There will be comfort in that for them. Perhaps not now, but later. And if one (or more) of them grows up to be a troubled genius like their father, we won't stop showing our appreciation for them just because their demons finally get them.
 
His son is ten. No doubt he is reading everything he can find about his dad on the internet. What shows appreciation for him more than making sure the majority of what he finds is positive? His oldest girl is seven. She might be doing the same. And I am sure the five-year-old will one day.
 
Great and versatile actor. Had so many roles--big and small--where he simply owned the screen.

Great posts on the nature of addiction Dalyn.
 
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