Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie

Last night’s David Letterman Show offered the soon-to-be-notorious Joaquin Phoenix ‘interview.’ He’s promoting, if you will, Two Lovers (2009), a film coming out theatrically this Friday even though it’s been available on Comcast cable TV for the last month — a new and innovative approach to distribution that sails beyond my comprehension. Joaquin also mumbled something about a career in hip hop. He projected a faux hipster fog, the kind afforded by wealth and privilege. To these eyes, it was a transparent and smug performance, one I’m sure Joaquin believed wholeheartedly.