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Ledger: The Light and the Dark

AO Scott finds more than a troubled soul in Ledger's work

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 23, 2008 8:09 PM CST

(Newser) – In the frenzy surrounding actor Heath Ledger’s sudden death, it's tempting to conflate the “troubled, brooding, self-destructive” qualities he portrayed so stunningly—in Brokeback Mountain’s Ennis Del Mar, the heroin addict in Candy, the unhappy film star in I’m Not There—...   Read full story »

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