"High mercury levels" force Piven out of SPEED-THE-PLOW — Page 6

It might be an occurence of Dean Jones syndrome.

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I wish him well, but certainly not a trip back to Broadway. I think he got more than he bargained for, and as far as I'm concerned, he can stick to the west coast.

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Interview with Dr. Carlin on WebMD:

http://www.webmd.com/news/20081218/jeremy-pivens-high-mercury-count?src=RSS_PUBLIC

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Um, he was hospitalized for three days? Obviously Dr Quack-- er, Colker doesn't know much about a Broadway performance schedule. Jeremy hadn't missed a performance until Tuesday. He did the show Sunday afternoon, and was back in LA on Wednesday.

So when in that time span was he in the (mysterious, unnamed) hospital for three days?

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And if he was legitimately in the hospital, he (or his talkative doctor) couldn't be bothered to call his employers and tell them, quite simply, that he was IN THE HOSPITAL and he wouldn't be able to go on that night?

Three days in the hospital = three day old fish

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I have a lot of lingering affection for Piven from Cupid (and probably because I don't watch Entourage), but I have to say...yeah, this story is bizarre. I'd like to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he's not making it easy.

Piven's doctor taking the blame is like the guy who apologized for his face getting in the way of Cheney's gun.

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Show closes, Major lawsuit, I hope Piven loses his shirt for this, his name had made the show a hit.

PalJoey quoted this fragment: “The ideology is unclear, but his level of mercury was uncharacteristically high, one of the highest we’ve seen,” Colker said.

Interesting ('freudian') slip -- not sure on whose part yet.

The "ideology" -- that would be the "thinking behind the thing." Usually, though, we talk about "etiology," which refers to the "precipitating factor(s) of the thing." I would have expected the doctor to say, "the etiology (cause) is unclear..."

So, hmmmm, whose thinking/"ideology" was unclear --? in thinking up this excuse for a tv personality who wanted to get that Broadway thing on his resume?...

I'm so sick of these rookies -- if you're a celebrity, and want to have that Broadway credit to point to, then LEARN to ACT in the Theatre, please.

First thing, tv- and film-types, that means you have to memorize the Whole Script and say it the same way every time.

Second, you have to do it eight times a week. The whole play and everything.

Jeremy and Cedric are having drinks together right now.

I didn't see Cedric, but... I think you may mean Terrence LadyDramaturg2

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It is all definitely odd, but since I'm not directly involved, I don't think I'll pretend to know the truth. I've always liked Piven as an actor, but I don't know him personally, so I don't feel very comfortable judging him at this point.

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Heh. The fish story is starting to stink even more. A rather revealing article on Dr Quack-- er, Colker:

Meet Mercury-Poisoned Jeremy Piven's Fishy Celebrity Doctor

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