Are we ignorant for making an actor's death into headlines and tears? Mimi and I didn't even come close to knowing the person that was Heath Ledger and yet tonight we found ourselves consoling each other in front of Ten Things I Hate About You. We were doing this while people lose actual loved ones or are still dwelling on those that have passed. I felt bad, briefly, until I realized the death of a person of note like Ledger kind of creates this collective mourning that accounts for all the times one hasn't mourned for someone else. So, maybe, Mimi and I were also one with some Californian who lost their sibling in a car accident. Something like that. We all mourn as individuals, but as a unit when it comes to something like this. Princess Diana's death was especially collective, observed on a global scale. Celebrity drama might seem trivial to some but to the majority I guess it's something we find solace in when there are no other kinds of people.
Like I said I watched Ten Things tonight and it's still one of those great teen movies that managed to transcend teen movies. You should watch it, he's so cool in it. It's this rugged Australian thing...urbane and gentlemanly while remaining a true badass. :/
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