Washington
(ANI):
A
leading
film
critic
in
America
has
started
backing
Heath
Ledger
for
a
posthumous
Oscar
in
his
review
of
the
late
actor's
last
completed
film,
The
Dark
Knight.
Rolling
Stone
critic
Peter
Travers
said
that
Ledger's
performance
of
the
Joker
in
the
Batman
Begins
sequel
is
worth
an
Academy
Award.
"I
can
only
speak
superlatives
of
Ledger,
who
is
mad-crazy-blazing
brilliant
as
the
Joker," Usmagazine
quoted
Travers,
as
saying.
"It's
typical
of
Ledger's
total
commitment
to
films
as
diverse
as
Brokeback
Mountain
and
I'm
Not
There
that
he
does
nothing
out
of
vanity
or
the
need
to
be
liked.
"Ledger's
Joker
has
no
gray
areas
—
he's
all
rampaging
id.
He
creates
a
Joker
for
the
ages,"
he
added.
Travers
further
said:
"No
plastic
mask
for
Ledger.
His
face
is
caked
with
moldy
makeup
that
highlights
the
red
scar
of
a
grin,
the
grungy
hair
and
the
yellowing
teeth
of
a
hound
fresh
out
of
hell."
"If
there's
a
movement
to
get
him
the
first
posthumous
Oscar
since
Peter
Finch
won
for
1976's
Network,
sign
me
up,"
he
wrote.
Warner
Bros
have
also
paid
tribute
to
the
late
Brokeback
Mountain
star
in
the
end
credits
of
the
film.