Stranger Than Fiction

Everybody knows that your life is a story. But what if a story was your life?

In Stranger than Fiction an IRS auditor suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.*

Sound familiar? Is Jeese - Harold Crick? And the narrator not the voices of one narrator but the collective voices of the everyone calling them on this sudden and public relationship.

It seems that the chatter in magazines, gossip site, blogs of all kind, including the Toothy, Jake, or Jeese varieties are bringing up questions and two days later we see the next act played out before us.

Its like surreal modern theater,but not improv though - no that is too risky. It is the public who gives the writers the plot lines to work with, then to the TPTB for revisions and rewrites, off for a read through and then you see it in a day or two later.

In some ways you wonder if this is how they are approaching this whole thing. Small acts of a multiple act play. Go on stage play your part, leave and go back home.

Will Jake be like Harold Crick and convince the writers to change the ending to the story. Maybe to let him have the ending he really wants, instead of the one is now has to play?

*from IMDB.com

IHJ - Jake Reese Halloween Trick or Treat

UPDATE: 1:12pm

TMZ - Jake's Pap Smack

UPDATE 3:25 pm

IHJ Media - Jake in Beverly Hills - October 31st.

The Media and the Message

From Wicked-
In the past week, we have seen and read several interviews with Jake. In some of these interviews, Jake has made comments about his sexuality and relationships that could be construed as his attempt to "straighten" things out. In other interviews, Jake has made statements that are more typically ambiguous and leave his closet door ajar. It is hard to know how to take the contradictions in these interviews. I think these statements are reflective of someone whose reality does not match how he thinks he needs to be perceived. What I take away from these interviews is that Jake believes he must be perceived as straight for the sake of his career. I don't think that Jake is straight, and it saddens me that he thinks he must be seen as such to be successful in Hollywood. I think Jake does not believe Hollywood is ready for a gay leading man. What do you think?

Picture from the UK Telegraph