I’m sure you know by now that the actor, Heath Ledger, who played the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie, died yesterday. Even if you don’t watch TV, you’ve more than likely seen or heard of it on the Internet or Radio. I’m not going to sit here and act like it’s news and simply inform you. But I will share my feelings on it.

He was young and talented. I have seen only a few of his movies, one of which I really like: A Knight’s Tale. I was greatly looking forward to seeing him as the Joker. All of the trailers I’ve seen him in make it look very promising. He wasn’t a drug addict, he wasn’t crazy. The reports I have heard state that recently he was suffering from stress, anxiety, and overall exhaustion, primarily due to the filming of the Batman movie. He was quoted as saying that he only got a couple hours of sleep one week. He took some sleeping medication once, but it didn’t seem to have any effect for him. I think it was a legitimate attempt at trying to calm down so that he could finally get some rest (the movie is in post-production now). When he was found dead yesterday, many more of these medications were found around him, so it’s apparent that he tried again and, unfortunately, overdosed. What I can’t understand is why a young, talented, handsom actor has to die so suddenly, leaving behind a good life, a successful career, and a two-year-old daughter when screwups like Brittney Spears are still kicking. It really pisses me off. Evidently it’s true what they say: only the good die young. The good die young, while the bad drag on for 30 more years making us suffer. I’m not going to pretend I know the guy and act like so many other people by getting emotional and writing memorials and that sort of thing. But I do think it’s sad.

And there’s something else about all of this that is upsetting me. For those who don’t know, Heath Ledger played one of the cowboys in Brokeback Mountain. Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas has issued this. This just further strengthens my hate in bigotted, fundemental christianity. To be honest, if heaven is full of these kinds of people and hell is full of people like Heath Ledger, I’m all the more eager to sin twice as hard. Screw “paradise”. Who wants to live eternity with people like that?

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