Hey, remember how I said all along that this Joaquin Phoenix rap thing felt like a put on?  Do you?  Because I did.  Are you done taking me for granted now, you selfish bastards?  Well hey, guess what:

Following his widely panned three-song debut as a rapper at a Las Vegas nightclub on Jan. 16, two competing theories emerged: Either Phoenix is perpetrating an elaborate Andy Kaufman-style hoax (with an assist from his friend and brother-in-law Casey Affleck), or he’s truly lost his marbles. The truth, it seems, is closer to the former. “He said, ‘It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it,’” says one source who recently worked with Phoenix.

…with this supposed career reboot he is evidently trying to both lampoon pompous actors and punk the media that covers them. Whatever his motivation or ultimate endgame, don’t expect him to break character anytime soon. “It’s an art project for him,” says a source. “He’s going full out. He probably has told his reps that he’s quit acting. Joaquin is very smart. This is very conscious. He has a huge degree of control.” [HollywoodInsider]

I’ve never been to prison so I’m not exactly sure how this “punk” thing works, but if involves helping the punkee make a ton of money, this is a total success. As peformance art, I’m not so sure.  I was under the impression that performance art should involve human excrement.

[Thanks to BDarbs for the tip]

So Sarah Palin was on SNL last night (video after the jump), and instead of putting her in a sketch opposite Tina Fey (which might have been, you know, painfully awkward) they just had her sit there and dance around and raise the roof and do stuff white people think black people do while Amy Poehler did a rap about her.  I think I speak for everyone when I say that I’d rather watch my grandmothers go ass to ass than watch that again.

Jesus people, did you learn nothing from “MC Rove”?  If you’re a Caucasian public figure, and you’re ever tempted to break dance or rap or c-walk or ghost ride the whip or superman that ho in an attempt to ingratiate yourself to the nation’s youth, please, just kill yourself.

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