Philip Seymour Hoffman Found Dead

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Owning Mahoney certainly displayed Hoffman's ability to play non-descript, alienated and unsympathetic parts to powerful effect, delving deep into the psyche of the character with a perfect amount of understatement and draw an unexpectedly compassionate response from the viewer.
 
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WLDB

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I'm sure he's building up a Kieth Richards style tolerance. He'll outlive us all.

Keith Richards probably doesnt have much of a tolerance. He's been sober since the 80s. I guess he did enough in the 60s and 70s to guarantee him a druggie reputation for life. The guy has lost enough friends and seen enough people die from drugs. He cleaned himself up - granted he still looks like he has been dead for awhile. He can still play really well though.


Now that one is shocking.

Oh the rage...



would you like a hit??

Maybe you should start with Obama.. admitted to doing drugs.. huh?

Ian Dury - Sex N Drugs N Rock N Roll music video on MUZU.TV

So did Jefferson. Several others were alcoholics. JFK was usually on a few dozen drugs which no doubt did a number on him.

If people want to do it they should be able to. Their bodies, their lives.
 

SLM

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Keith Richards probably doesnt have much of a tolerance. He's been sober since the 80s. I guess he did enough in the 60s and 70s to guarantee him a druggie reputation for life. The guy has lost enough friends and seen enough people die from drugs. He cleaned himself up - granted he still looks like he has been dead for awhile. He can still play really well though.

Geez, trample all over my Keith Richards joke why don't ya?;)
 

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all we will hear now is 'poor' phillip, he was such a good guy, but we won't hear the criticizm of
the lifestyle, why.

why is it any different than performance enhancing drugs in the sports world, makes them perform better,
well, apparantly that is what many drugs do for entertainers, yet we cherish and admire them, again, why.
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I guess you havent been paying attention. Since he died there have been quite a few articles and comments sections filled with people criticizing him for what he did, yourself included. That happens every time a well known person dies from a drug overdose accidental or not. For some reason you and some others seem to forget that or just not notice.

As for performance enhancing drugs - if people want to do them - go for it. They are available to anyone in sports who wants them and they all know the risks involved. I dont see that as cheating as anyone can do it if they want to. Sure, the people who use the drugs may win more - but they may also drop dead leading to the sober ones winning in the end. What athletes and celebrities chose to do with their bodies is their business, not yours or mine.
 

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Owning Mahoney certainly displayed Hoffman's ability to play non-descript, alienated and unsympathetic parts to powerful effect, delving deep into the psyche of the character with a perfect amount of understatement and draw an unexpectedly compassionate response from the viewer.




er, right. Just what I said..................sort of..........lol
 

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I guess you havent been paying attention. Since he died there have been quite a few articles and comments sections filled with people criticizing him for what he did, yourself included. That happens every time a well known person dies from a drug overdose accidental or not. For some reason you and some others seem to forget that or just not notice.

As for performance enhancing drugs - if people want to do them - go for it. They are available to anyone in sports who wants them and they all know the risks involved. I dont see that as cheating as anyone can do it if they want to. Sure, the people who use the drugs may win more - but they may also drop dead leading to the sober ones winning in the end. What athletes and celebrities chose to do with their bodies is their business, not yours or mine.

sure, lets all just 'do it' and contribute and help all the drug dealers make more and more money,
and continue to pollute and kill those who can't think for themselves, and enable more and more
people to be addicts, and encourage those who want to perform better, (just do it), no penalties,
and the rest of us can sit back and watch the world go down the toilet, its half way there now
anyway, so why not, what the hell, who cares.

none of the wars we worried about were near as harmfull as the war on drugs, impossible to win.
 

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sure, lets all just 'do it' and contribute and help all the drug dealers make more and more money,
and continue to pollute and kill those who can't think for themselves, and enable more and more
people to be addicts, and encourage those who want to perform better, (just do it), no penalties,
and the rest of us can sit back and watch the world go down the toilet, its half way there now
anyway, so why not, what the hell, who cares.

none of the wars we worried about were near as harmfull as the war on drugs, impossible to win.

Having known and been close to people addicted to drugs, I don't think it's a problem that we who are not addicted can even hope to understand. I just know many who are, vacillate between "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and I pity them more than condemn them. For the pusher, especially the non addicted pusher I have nothing but disgust and hatred, the only difference between them and a murderer is they do it slower.
 

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I'm sure he's building up a Kieth Richards style tolerance. He'll outlive us all.

No, it's all the Tiger Blood that's in him.;)

He was a good actor, and it just shows that no matter how much fame and fortune you have, you can still fall into the pitfalls of drug/alcohol abuse like any "average Joe". It's a shame that the way he was found will probably outlast any accolades he received from his acting.
 

SLM

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No, it's all the Tiger Blood that's in him.;)

I really can't stand the guy at this point. I always hate when an actor's weirdness gets so overblown, makes it impossible (for me) to watch them in anything. Not that I ever watched him in much to begin with, lol.

He was a good actor, and it just shows that no matter how much fame and fortune you have, you can still fall into the pitfalls of drug/alcohol abuse like any "average Joe". It's a shame that the way he was found will probably outlast any accolades he received from his acting.
Anytime someone, anyone, OD's it's a shame. It's a waste of a life.