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January 26, 2008
Heath in Brooklyn
NY Magazine's Daily Intelligencer blog characterized Andrea Peyser's practically whiny NY Post column on the passing of actor Heath Ledger best:
Andrea Peyser, shockingly, is the first person to push the "Is it too soon?" boundary.
"Until the end, we had a love-hate thing for Heath," Peyser begins today's column. "In a neighborhood that previously was best known for its churches and Italian block-watchers, an area we loved for its anonymity, safety and fresh mozzarella, we suddenly had royalty." The cranky columnist goes on to complain that after the actor, his child, and girlfriend Michelle Williams (who is back in Brooklyn today) arrived, everything quickly became all about
"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!""Heath, Heath, Heath!" "Brooklyn grew expensive, but also generic," she gripes. "We loved it. We hated it. We dealt with it. Brooklyn was turning into Manhattan." Peyser, who admits she was grateful for the wealth that followed them into the neighborhood, also had a problem with Ledger and Williams's efforts to stop Bruce Ratner's development at the Atlantic Yards.
The Brooklyn Paper wrapped up its article about Heath Ledger, who took time to pitch in on the fight against Atlantic Yards, with a statement of condolence from Marty All-Things-Brooklyn Markowitz.
Posted by lumi at January 26, 2008 3:58 AM