Hey Andy, Did You Hear About This One?
I don't know if you've been following this, but actor Joaquin Phoenix has basically turned into the ghost of Andy Kaufman.I have no complaints about that, because Andy Kaufman was hilarious (and incredibly dark), but still, it's unexpected.
Phoenix has been claiming for a while that he's not going to act anymore and that his new career is going to be hip-hop. And his friend Casey Affleck just happens to be following him around with a cameraman for a documentary as all this unfolds.
Yeah, I know--way more obvious than Kaufman, whose particular genius was totally blurring the line between reality and comedy. Still it's pretty inspired, and here are a couple of links--one, to a Newsweek interview, and second, his appearance on the David Letterman Show last night.
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