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Shia LeBeouf - today's Andy Kaufman - opens performance art exhibit #IAMSORRY in LA

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Deadstar

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Mpl90 said:
Something's going on.

Or, given his recent behaviour, off.
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When the seagulls, follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

If you can solve that riddle you will know the next movie Shia will star in.
 
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SummitAve

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When our obsession with celebrities goes wrong.... we end up giving some of the most attention to those who deserve none. He could literally do anything now and still make headlines even though he's been essentially deemed a fraud.
 
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Agkel

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LyleLanley said:
Clowes admitting that he was in on it from the beginning would probably do the trick.
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Pretty much this, although I feel like his actions have been slowly eroding the news that he's a thief. If Clowes was not in on it, then whoever is in charge of his public image is doing a fantastic job of moving the spotlight off the fact that he stole Clowe's work. Easier to recover from been crazy than been a thief.

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Someone got banned for exactly this same statement. Might want to edit it out.
 
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jett

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This guy is taking his snafu all the way. I suppose he's just taking advantage of the situation, although I'm not sure what kind of dividends he excepts to get out of squeezing this shit.
 
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TangoAlphaLima said:
WTF? It was a play on the 2Pac/Bieber tweet. Is that really so far out of line?

I swear, I'll never understand the ban culture on this board.
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Mostly about not being a dick. You were the guy who said we should trade shia for seymore hoffman, right? Implying that you want to see him dead? You don't understand how that crosses the line? Playing off a tweet of all things is also not the best course of action when contributing to a discussion.
 
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TangoAlphaLima

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Jtwo said:
Mostly about not being a dick. You were the guy who said we should trade shia for seymore hoffman, right? Implying that you want to see him dead? You don't understand how that crosses the line? Playing off a tweet of all things is also not the best course of action when contributing to a discussion.
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It's a joke. Holy crap.
 
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TangoAlphaLima said:
No, not really. You acted like every joke should be taken literally. I guess we can all just be super serious on GAF now, cause that's so much fun...
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You're talking about death/dying. Come on. Don't act like I'm the robot with the no fun allowed sign. No matter how progressive we are some things need to remain taboo.
 
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TangoAlphaLima

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Jtwo said:
You're talking about death/dying. Come on. Don't act like I'm the robot with the no fun allowed sign.
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Right, so no one can ever joke about death?

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Come on...
 
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Chichikov

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Sir Garbageman said:
Honest question, wtf is a meta-modernist?
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It's a term some people came up with to describe certain recent trends in art, design etc.
I don't think it's particularly insightful, useful, nor do I think it's here to stay (but it's hard to know with such things).

More like mehtamoderinsm.
 
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TangoAlphaLima said:
Right, so no one can ever joke about death?

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Come on...
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Thats not what I'm saying. At all. I'm saying a mean-spirited driveby comment proclaiming we would be better off as a society if one person's life was prolonged and another's cut short is childish bullshit. Its not joking around. Its dehumanizing and just flat-out mean. What do those two people have in common, anyway? You've heard both their names? You've seen them on TMZ? What mechanisms are operating inside yourself that thats the first connection you drew?

And why do you think a tweet about justin bieber makes that "joke" appropriate? Did you expect me to see the picture of that tweet about a teenage boy and somehow feel clued-in to the tenuous narrative of your campaign of petty-hatred because you're not the first person to have said that? You're also not the first person to be an asshole.

If questions like these don't make sense to you, make you feel belittled or make you feel anger towards me for pointing this out to you I can tell you right now you're not a good fit for this community and will only create frustration and discomfort for yourself and everyone else.
 
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Replicant

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Can't stand this attention whore.

Although to be fair, the paperbag did improve the complexion of his skin........Nay, it absolutely improves his facial feature. That tuxedo wouldn't look half as good with his real face.

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Jtwo said:
Thats not what I'm saying. At all. I'm saying a mean-spirited driveby comment proclaiming we would be better off as a society if one person's life was prolonged and another's cut short is childish bullshit. Its not joking around. Its dehumanizing and just flat-out mean. What do those two people have in common, anyway? You've heard both their names? You've seen them on TMZ? What mechanisms are operating inside yourself that thats the first connection you drew?

And why do you think a tweet about justin bieber makes that "joke" appropriate? Did you expect me to see the picture of that tweet about a teenage boy and somehow feel clued-in to the tenuous narrative of your campaign of petty-hatred because you're not the first person to have said that? You're also not the first person to be an asshole.

If questions like these don't make sense to you, make you feel belittled or make you feel anger towards me for pointing this out to you I can tell you right now you're not a good fit for this community and will only create frustration and discomfort for yourself and everyone else.
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Dude, why are you so worked up? Relax. Don't take everything so literally. Don't get bent out of shape at the slightest perceived insult. It will help you a lot in life.
 
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Captain_Spanky

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Awesome. People should be confronted with art and what their own reactions are more.

Edit: being fair this IS a rip off/imitation/homage of another exhibit where the artist allowed people to use implements upon her without interference. However it's the first time it's been done in the context of celebrity which I feel changes it significantly.
 
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I'm not bent out of shape and don't need advice on life. At least not from you. I'm trying to help you as an individual and as a constructive member. Even if I was bent out of shape would that invalidate my advice to you?
No.
 
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TangoAlphaLima said:
Dude, why are you so worked up? Relax. Don't take everything so literally. Don't get bent out of shape at the slightest perceived insult. It will help you a lot in life.
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Ohhh only page 2 until people start gaslighting. Fucking awesome. Don't act surprised when you say inflammatory shit and people react. The whole "no you" defense is fucking wank.
 
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akira28

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hahhahahahahahaha

you motherfucker, you're not going to win me over. but keep going.

jiji said:
So now he's plagiarizing Marina Abramovic?
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this is the part that needs to be kept in perspective. I don't think they mention that in the article.
 
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OGoofy said:
Someone watched him cry and snapped a picture.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...cry-at-his-weird-la-art-project-iamsorry.html

Edit: This is the realist work of "art" I've saw in a while. Shia really has something going on right now, I think. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and hoping he's just asking for help but is just seeking it in the wrong ways.
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Wow...that article was kinda wild to read, actually. That picture really did it, too. I don't necessarily like or dislike Shia, but I can imagine the moment when he pulled the bag off of his head being super tense. I don't understand art, but I guess any time it evokes emotion, it's working.
 
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Mononoke

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That is what you call doubling down. I'm almost impressed with how committed and how far he's willing to go to sell this.
 
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thefit

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He's purposely doing this across the street from the Buzzfeed offices to be a complete baby about getting called out for plagiarism. Rather than man up he uses his money and famous friends to pretend to be creating art and its all just him being a douche.
 
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NinjaMouse said:
I don't understand art, but I guess any time it evokes emotion, it's working.
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I think you understand art extremely well.

The problem that I have is that the feeling it evokes is pity, which is generally something I don't enjoy, and maybe more importantly, like all of Shia's stunts, it's amazingly self centered, and at the end of the day, he's just not that interesting of a person, at least not to me.
 
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Shia LaBeouf put on the weirdest art show in L.A. today by silently confronting fans one by one, offering them a variety of odd objects -- like whiskey and a ukelele -- all while looking like he'd been crying for days.

We have no explanation for why Shia set this up, but the show was titled "#IAMSORRY" ... and we sent one of our camera guys inside for a first person account:

"I walk into the gallery. A lady is standing behind a table with an assortment of different items apparently related to his life: whip [from "Indiana Jones"], a Transformer [from "Transformers"], Jack Daniels [he likes to drink?], bouquet of daisies, cologne, pink ukulele, etc. I pick the bottle of Jack and the lady escorts me to the next room separated by a curtain."

"Shia is sitting down, paper bag on his head, hands firmly planted on the table. I introduce myself, offer him tacos. No response. I tell him I find the bag to be distracting and if he'd be willing to take it off. He obliges."

"His eyes are red and puffy as if his cat just died."

"I tell him this all seems incredibly self-serving. No response. I ask him to share a swig of whiskey with me. No response. I ask him if any slimy characters have put their lips on the bottle -- he breaks into a wide smile. Then immediately his face returns to its regular stoic self."

"I tell him I think he's a good actor who's wildly misunderstood. I ask him if I can take a picture. No response. I say I'm a nice guy, please don't punch me in the face. I take a picture. He doesn't move. I thank him for his time and extend my hand -- he shakes it. I leave."

That's it. Perfect follow-up to his "seagulls" press conference.

We'll be having nightmares for weeks.

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2014/02/11/shia-labeouf-art-show-imsorry-crying-whiskey-whips/#ixzz2t4ZvQFVH
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