Philip Seymour Hoffman does amazing acting job, makes us think he’s dead

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On her oft-baffling Twitter feed, Joyce Carol Oates suggested that it is doubly depressing when a great artist dies of a drug overdose, because it suggests that mastery of art is not enough. She was referring to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who was found dead in his Greenwich Village apartment yesterday with a needle in his arm. Surely, playing both Brandt and Truman Capote must be enough. For anyone who ever wanted to act, just watching his roles sparked a renewed enthusiasm. Watching Philip Seymour Hoffman is a reason to live, so how could being Philip Seymour Hoffman not be enough?

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