the dark knight is phenominal! he was indeed a most excellent joker. he is an all around amazing actor who had a lot of balls to do the parts he did. everybody knows that he and jake played as gay cowboys, knowing they will be branded forever as their parts. seriously, that takes a lot of passion for the art of acting, and to get into a role like that without actually being gay takes a lot of talent and dedication. i think he completely deserves an oscar, as well as a bunch of other awards. he more than likely got a lot of respect in hollywood for that, and even though the general public cant see that, i think his awesomeness as the joker more than redeemed his reputation. not to mention how hawt he was in a knights tale <3