In my recent adventures of riding the couch on the digital highway of the boobtube, I came across a little gem. The funny part is it came from one of the unlikeliest of sources. If you had told me at any point in the past that anything having to do with Jamie Kennedy, yes the former prankster and stand-up comic, would produce anything, let alone a compelling documentary that would actually challenge and force me to reevaluate my world-view, than I would have told you you were full of shit. With that said, check out his documentary Heckler.
Just about every post on this blog consists of myself ripping apart some poor schmuck's blood and sweat-soaked work, albeit i still believe every brutal word I've written, however who the fuck am I to say anything and why should anyone care? In his documentary, Kennedy sets out on his personal trek to analyze "Hecklers", why they heckle, and blatantly states why exactly no one should give a shit what they have to say about anyone with the balls to actually put themselves in front of the firing squad of a tough audience. By the end I found myself, especially as an aspiring artist myself, feeling guilty and a little ashamed.
I may not like his brand of comedy, but he does have the balls to get up on stage and face the hecklers every night, while I have yet to publish or produce anything of value. Interviewing dozens of other entertainers, they all shared their horror stories and many of them ended by saying the same basic thing. The only person who can heckle someone else without recourse, and this by definition would not even be heckling, at least not in my book, would be someone that has the balls to do the same thing as the one they are "heckling" yet unequivocally does it better.
I guess I should have done more positive reviews to round out the blog. I never intended this to be another dime-a-dozen movie review blog anyway. If that was my goal than I could have just joined Rotten Tomatoes.
Anyway, enough of that. I'm back to do more regular blogging with more positivity hopefully.
Sidenote: If the thought of Billy Crudup with a big neon blue CGI cock tickles your fancy then go check out Watchmen out on DVD and Blue-Ray today. Oh yea, and it's a pretty good comicbook/pseudo super-hero story too...
