LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Some viewers were shocked at Heath Ledger’s apparent gay spoof at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night.At the podium with Jake Gyllenhaal to introduce a clip from "Brokeback Mountain," Ledger kept putting his hands on his cocked hip as he read the teleprompter, acting like he was auditioning for the role of Carmen Ghia, the flamboyantly gay choreographer in “The Producers.”
“It was insulting,” said one Hollywood insider after the show. “Heath lost a lot of support from the Hollywood gay community after that bizarre performance.”
No one can figure out what Ledger could have been thinking or why he behaved so bizarrely onstage.
Which makes it a real shame that the Directors Guild Awards, held the night before, weren’t televised. Then viewers would have seen Ledger’s heartfelt and sincere expression of gratitude to director Ang Lee, who won the DGA’s top filmmaker award that night.
Paying tribute to Lee, Ledger thanked the director for “introducing us to these delicate characters. It took a delicate man to tell this story and that’s you.” To which, Lee then joked, “I don’t know about you, but that feels a little gay to me.”
Maybe Ledger’s frankly fey SAG performance simply followed Lee’s DGA gay joke lead? Maybe he thought he was being really funny? Hey, it’s a theory. What's yours?
from Los Angeles Times
It looked like Ledger was just uncomfortable with his role as presenter. That's probably the stance he takes when he is out of his element. My theory? You need to stop reading so much into people putting their hand on their hips.
ReplyDeleteIt was very insulting and in poor taste. It undermines the message this movie has been trying to make. I agree he was probably out of his element, but he chose a very poor way to compensate.
ReplyDeleteIt was TOTALLY a discomfort thing with Heath. If you ever see him in interviews, he's very ansy and can barely sit still, unsure of what to do with his body (including arms and legs). I agree...stop reading so much into it. Anyone who's that interested in why someone puts their hand on their hip probably needs a hobby.
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