If humor was a religion then Robin Williams was a God.
You may not have gotten every joke, it was sometimes too fast to even understand but damn that man was brilliant. The manic energy, the impersonations the sheer speed at which he could rattle of wisecracks....it does not get compared. He was in a league of his own.
What made him even more special was that he could manage serious roles as well and you suddenly did not see the comedian. Like a puff of smoke the madness disappears and it is replaced with earnestness and intelligence. You don't hear the Gandhi impersonation, the wild flailing gestures and the Tweety bird humor never even existed. Instead, you just see a genuinely good actor, you hear a voice that is strong and unwavering and without missing a beat Robin Williams the comedian transforms to Robin Williams the actor. The transformation could never be simple, it could never have been as effortless as he made it look.
I loved The Birdcage. That movie, to me is the best illustration of Robin's ability to pull off comedy and drama, humor and melancholy so sublimely that you don't even see where each genre ended or began. The scene where he is at the bar contemplating whether or not he should hide his sexual orientation for his son's meeting with his girlfriend's parents....yeah, that's epic. A glass of booze, a lit cigarette and a brooding mood never looked so captivating to me. That movie was brilliant for so many more reasons as well and the actors in all were fabulous but to me that's always going to be a favourite Robin Williams movie and one that I would always recommend to someone who wanted to know just what the big deal was...
I seem to be looking back a lot these days. So many fallen heroes. Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, Schumy...All the fame and money and celebrity just did not mean anything at the end. Yes, maybe in Schumy's case he might bounce back some day but man, it all seems so pointless in the end. Such an anti-climax. I ask myself..why? Did it really have to end like this? Did'nt they deserve a better ending?
They bought cheer and humor and music and magic to us mortals and just for that..They are missed.
You may not have gotten every joke, it was sometimes too fast to even understand but damn that man was brilliant. The manic energy, the impersonations the sheer speed at which he could rattle of wisecracks....it does not get compared. He was in a league of his own.
What made him even more special was that he could manage serious roles as well and you suddenly did not see the comedian. Like a puff of smoke the madness disappears and it is replaced with earnestness and intelligence. You don't hear the Gandhi impersonation, the wild flailing gestures and the Tweety bird humor never even existed. Instead, you just see a genuinely good actor, you hear a voice that is strong and unwavering and without missing a beat Robin Williams the comedian transforms to Robin Williams the actor. The transformation could never be simple, it could never have been as effortless as he made it look.
I loved The Birdcage. That movie, to me is the best illustration of Robin's ability to pull off comedy and drama, humor and melancholy so sublimely that you don't even see where each genre ended or began. The scene where he is at the bar contemplating whether or not he should hide his sexual orientation for his son's meeting with his girlfriend's parents....yeah, that's epic. A glass of booze, a lit cigarette and a brooding mood never looked so captivating to me. That movie was brilliant for so many more reasons as well and the actors in all were fabulous but to me that's always going to be a favourite Robin Williams movie and one that I would always recommend to someone who wanted to know just what the big deal was...
I seem to be looking back a lot these days. So many fallen heroes. Robin Williams, Michael Jackson, Schumy...All the fame and money and celebrity just did not mean anything at the end. Yes, maybe in Schumy's case he might bounce back some day but man, it all seems so pointless in the end. Such an anti-climax. I ask myself..why? Did it really have to end like this? Did'nt they deserve a better ending?
They bought cheer and humor and music and magic to us mortals and just for that..They are missed.
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