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8 Little Known Tics In Heath Ledger’s Performance That Made Nolan’s Joker Awesome

Definitely my favorite Joker and, because of him, easily my favorite Batman movie.

Originally shared by +Chris Fink

8 Little Known Tics In Heath Ledger’s Performance That Made Nolan’s Joker Awesome

The Joker embodies everything that was so revolutionary about The Dark Knight Trilogy. He was one of the most comic booky concepts and yet came out of the Nolan think tank as a realistic (as much a psychopathic clown could be), fully rounded human being. What still really amazes me, however, is that while he stole the show as far as iconography goes, the career defining performance didn't take away from The Dark Knight’s ensemble nature.

But as much as Christopher and Jonathan Nolan’s script (taking inspiration from the character’s vast and varied comic history), written with Ledger in mind, had a big part to play in shaping the character, there’s some amazing little tics Heath brought to the role. Famously locking himself away to perfect the characterization, he came up with these little things that you either don’t notice initially, or don’t appreciate their importance in making such a formidable screen villain. Here are eight of those genius strokes that defined the great actor’s legacy.

source: http://whatculture.com/film/8-little-known-tics-in-heath-ledgers-performance-that-made-nolans-joker-awesome.php

 
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I met Ned in 2012 at ComicCon. We were on a panel together with John Scalzi, then a signing table

Ned was a kind, funny guy. I've got a signed copy of The Other Normals that reminds me our our conversation as we manned our respective stacks of books, reminiscing about our early gaming years and making kobold jokes with our readers.

Very sorry to see this news.

Ned Vizzini, young adult author, has died
Ned Vizzini, an award-winning young adult novelist and television writer, died yesterday. He was 32. He was a guest on the Gweek podcast twice (episodes 069 and 094) and Carla and I had a memorable 16-course dinner with Ned a…

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Because +Dave Hill asked – a look at the ending of the Desolation of Smaug. Spoilers and dwarf fanboy love abound.

One More Hobbit/Desolation Post: Closure |
After my post yesterday, Dave asked me what I thought about the ending of the movie. He was a bit vague with the wording of the question, possibly to keep from spoiling people reading the conversation on G+, but as I’ve read his thoughts on the subject, I had a pretty good idea what he was …